Tesla engineers reveal failure to address Autopilot issues after deadly accident.

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【Summary】Tesla engineers revealed that the company did not address the limitations in its Autopilot system after a fatal crash in 2016, despite a similar fatal collision in 2019. The engineers testified that 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 4:30 PM PT

Tesla engineers reveal failure to address Autopilot issues after deadly accident.

Tesla engineers have admitted that the company failed to address the limitations in its Autopilot system after a tragic crash in Florida in 2016. The crash resulted in the death of the driver. These revelations have come to light as part of a lawsuit filed by the family of another driver who died in a similar collision in 2019. The lawsuit is now headed to a jury trial.

According to the testimony of multiple engineers, Tesla did not make any changes to its driver-assistance technology to account for crossing traffic in the nearly three years between the two accidents. Both accidents involved Tesla vehicles colliding with the side of trucks.