Tesla will have to square up in California and Florida court over two, separate Tesla Model 3 crashes involving the Autopilot feature.
set to occur in mid-September and October, respectively. The September trial will be in California state court and will focus on a 2019 crash allegedly caused by a Tesla Model 3's Autopilot, in which the car struck a tree and burst into flames after veering off a Los Angeles highway according to a civil lawsuit. The crash killed the driver, Micah Lee, and his two passengers, including an 8-year-old boy.
Florida court. The driver of a Tesla Model 3 drove underneath an 18-wheeler that pulled out in front of the car and was killed after the Autopilot allegedly did nothing to stop.Tesla did not immediately return Gizmodo’s request for comment on the upcoming trials.These two lawsuits and trials are, unsurprisingly, not the first related to Tesla’s driver assistance technology. A previous civil case that named the company involved a fatal 2017 Tesla Model X crash and“basically a solved problem.
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