Tesla is being sued by the family of the Silicon Valley driver killed last year in a Model X Autopilot crash
Share to twitterThe family of Walter Huang filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Tesla, saying the company's Autopilot feature is defective and resulted in a fatal crash on U.S. 101 in Silicon Valley on March 23, 2018.The family of a Tesla owner killed in a crash in the heart of Silicon Valley while driving his Model X with the Autopilot feature engaged has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the carmaker, claiming the semi-automated driving feature is defective and was the cause.
Tesla is “beta testing its Autopilot software on live drivers,” Mark Fong, a partner at Minami Tamaki, one of the firms representing Huang's family, said in a statement. “The Huang family wants to help prevent this tragedy from happening to other drivers using Tesla vehicles or any semi-autonomous vehicles.”
Tesla declined to comment on the lawsuit. The California Attorney General's office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.Tesla’s automated drive technology
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