Tesla has denied both allegations and maintains that Autopilot is safe when monitored by humans.
argues that Lee was driving under the influence of alcohol, and it’s not clear if Autopilot was even active when the crash occurred in 2019.
The second trial will be held at the start of October in a Florida state court and is concerning another 2019 crash north of Miami, where owner Stephen Banner passed away after his Model 3 drove under the trailer of an 18-wheeler rig, dislodging the roof. Banner’s wife alleged that the Autopilot made no attempts to prevent the tragic accident.
The Austin-headquartered brand has denied both allegations and maintains that Autopilot is safe when monitored by humans. Tesla's Autopilot and Full-Self Driving softwares have been certified as Level 2 by the Society of Automotive Engineers , meaning they’re only driver assistance features that do not make the EVs autonomous., and reason that the terms Autopilot and FSD are misleading.
Verdicts in these trials could impact how customers perceive Autopilot. For years, Musk has championed the idea that self-driving cars are the future and has promised several times that Tesla vehicles would be capable of FSD, only to miss the target for multiple years consecutively. Despite the legal hurdles, Tesla is racing ahead with the development of FSD version 12 software, which is claimed to enable autonomous driving sans human intervention. Musk raved about how “mind-blowing” FSD V12 was after a
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