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Tesla Inc. failed to fix limitations in its autopilot system after a crash in Florida that killed a driver in 2016, company engineers said in a family's lawsuit over a very similar 2019 fatal collision that's headed to a jury trial.
The trial set for October, the first for the company over a death blamed on Autopilot, will pit Musk’s repeated assertion that Teslas are the safest cars ever made against technology experts.
Tesla engineers testifying in a lawsuit filed by the family of a driver killed in a 2019 crash stated that the company failed to address problems in its "Autopilot" driver-assistance technology after a deadly accident in 2016.
The automaker contends it has been transparent about Autopilot's limitations, including challenges with detecting traffic crossing in front of its cars.
Tesla engineers testifying in a lawsuit filed by the family of a driver killed in a 2019 crash stated that the company failed to address problems in its "Autopilot" driver-assistance technology after a deadly accident in 2016.