The verdict could offer an important sign of the risk Tesla faces as it rolls out self-driving systems. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LOS ANGELES - A California state court jury began deliberating on Thursday in what appears to be the first trial related to a crash involving Tesla’s Autopilot partially automated driving software.
She alleges there are defects in the design of Autopilot and the airbag, and is seeking more than US$3 million in damages for the alleged defects and other claims. The current trial, which has not been reported by other media, has unfolded in Los Angeles Superior Court over the last three weeks, and featured testimony from three Tesla engineers.
“Tesla still maintains it’s the safest vehicle in the road. All it takes for you to decide this case is common sense. The car came out looking better than Justine did,” she said. Tesla is also under investigation by the US Justice Department and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration over its claims about self-driving capabilities and the safety of the technology, respectively.
Reuters was first to report that a 2016 video used by Tesla to promote its self-driving technology was actually staged, to show capabilities - such as stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light - that the system did not have, according to testimony by a senior engineer.That executive, Mr Ashok Elluswamy, director of Autopilot software at Tesla, testified during the Hsu trial last week about the videotape.
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