Tesla Inc. settled a high-profile lawsuit over a driver’s death in 2019 when the Autopilot system in his Model 3 allegedly failed to avoid a collision with a tractor-trailer crossing a Florida highway.
The confidential settlement, disclosed in a July 7 court filing, came just before Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker went to trial in Miami this week over another 2019 fatal crash in Florida blamed on its driver-assistance system.
Tesla Spars in Court Over Autopilot Alert 2 Seconds Before Crash
(Bloomberg) — The final two seconds before a Tesla Model S crashed into a parked SUV took center stage Thursday in a court showdown over who’s responsible for the 2019 collision — the distracted driver or his car’s Autopilot system. T…