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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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[–] sol6_vi@lmmy.retrowaifu.io 26 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Whether or not its the guys fault I'm just glad Elon is losing money.

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, for companies like this, that would be just another business expense to keep things running.

[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 15 hours ago

$329mm is a little more than a standard cost of doing business fine. That's substantially more than 80% of these companies get fined for causing huge amounts of damage.

[–] Ton@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Hope he has to sell twatter at some point. Not that any good would come from that, but just the thought of him finally eating some shit makes me giggle.

[–] sol6_vi@lmmy.retrowaifu.io 2 points 12 hours ago

Indeed, just the feeling of loss crossing his path would taste sweet for us peasants.