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Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict (arstechnica.com)
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A representative for Tesla sent Ars the following statement: "Today's verdict is wrong and only works to set back automotive safety and jeopardize Tesla's and the entire industry's efforts to develop and implement life-saving technology. We plan to appeal given the substantial errors of law and irregularities at trial. Even though this jury found that the driver was overwhelmingly responsible for this tragic accident in 2019, the evidence has always shown that this driver was solely at fault because he was speeding, with his foot on the accelerator—which overrode Autopilot—as he rummaged for his dropped phone without his eyes on the road. To be clear, no car in 2019, and none today, would have prevented this crash. This was never about Autopilot; it was a fiction concocted by plaintiffs’ lawyers blaming the car when the driver—from day one—admitted and accepted responsibility."

So, you admit that the company’s marketing has continued to lie for the past six years?

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[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world -3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (3 children)

So if this guy killed an entire family but survived in this accident instead, would the judge blame fucking tesla autopilot and let him go free?
I might as well sue the catholic church because Jesus did not take the wheel when I closed my eyes while driving and prayed really hard!

The details of the accidant too of him accelerating and turning while on autopilot. Not even today does any car have a fully autonomous autopilot driving system that works in all cities or roads, and this was in 2019.

did Elon fuck the judge wife and then his entire family left him for it? wtf is $330 millions for wrong crash accident anyway?

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 12 hours ago

wtf is $330 millions for wrong crash accident anyway?

Maybe because someone died.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

I might as well sue the catholic church because Jesus did not take the wheel when I closed my eyes while driving and prayed really hard!

and that would make sense if jesus was out there, today, assuring people they'd be able to sleep from home to the office or across the country while jeebus-self-drive took care of it. But jeebus ain't here today doing that, musko-the-clowno IS.

Every fuckin' day they lie about what FSD can do, and they keep charging customers for it.

[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

If Tesla promises and doesn't deliver, they pay. That's the price of doing business when lives are on the line.

[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 0 points 22 hours ago

Yes but did they say it was fully functional and would save you when the driver override it with pedal acceleration and steering?

I just don't see how these tech and tesla fanboys 'Look ma no hands! Lol!' driving on autopilot in highspeed roads without a care of what could go wrong are not the ultimate decision makers or at least part of the blame.