Tesla engineers reveal Autopilot negligence post fatal crash

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【Summary】Tesla engineers revealed that the company did not address limitations in its Autopilot system after a fatal crash in 2016. The engineers' testimony came to light during a lawsuit over a similar fatal collision in 2019. No changes were made to the driver-assistance technology to account for crossing traffic during the three-year period between the two accidents.

FutureCar Staff Aug 18, 2023 6:30 AM PT

Tesla engineers reveal Autopilot negligence post fatal crash

Tesla engineers have admitted that the company failed to address the limitations in its Autopilot system after a fatal crash in Florida in 2016. The lawsuit filed by the family of a driver who died in a similar collision in 2019 is now going to trial, and recently disclosed testimony from multiple engineers reveals that Tesla did not make any changes to its driver-assistance technology to account for crossing traffic in the nearly three-year period between the two accidents.