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How can it be unclear if the autopilot was engaged? These things process everything around them. Or did they purposefully forego storage of the last x minutes of all data. To allow this kind of defense.
This all besides the inexcusable dickhead that climbed behind the wheel while under the influence of true.
One source says his BAC was 0.05%. California's legal limit is 0.08%. That doesn't exclude it from being a factor, just pointing out the guy wasn't blitzed out of his mind or anything.
The part about being unclear if AP was engaged is quite suspect though, given they have been able to definitively say in other crashes whether it was on or off and even if it had been disengaged moments prior to the accident.
Pure speculation, but I'm guessing the wreck + vehicle fire may have destroyed any computers/logs.
Assuming that there's an actual valid reason that it's unclear whether the vehicle was in autopilot or not.
I would hope that for a new piece of technology (EVs are still new imo) that they would find a robust way to keep track of any logs. If you make a car and the second it is in an accident all the logs disappear, then what's the point? I'd consider that negligence.