Tesla Motors Inc. successfully argued its autopilot program was not responsible for a fatal crash that happened in Riverside County in 2019, a jury ruled on Tuesday.
Micah Lee, Lindsay Molander and a minor were traveling inside a Tesla Model 3 when it slammed into a palm tree on Interstate 215 near the McCall Boulevard Overpass in Sun City. The vehicle was in autopilot mode at the time of the crash.
"The autopilot failed due to negligent design, manufacture, assembly, testing and marketing," the plaintiffs alleged in their original complaint. "In addition, the autopilot lacked proper design, lacked a properly designed central processing unit, algorithms, among other negligence in the design, manufacturing, assembly testing and marketing that prevented the autopilot from operating properly in the subject collision.
Tesla's autopilot feature has faced especially harsh criticism after several crashes across the Bay Area.
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