tesla is under intense scrutiny for its autopilot and its full selfdriving fsd driver assistance featureselon muskrun tesla did not fix the autopilot system after a fatal crash in the us in 2016 that killed a driver the electric carmakers engineers have reportedly admitted in their testimonies according to bloomberg the engineers admitted this in a testimony in 2021 in a familys lawsuit over a similar 2019 fatal tesla collision that is now headed for a trial in the usdespite the companys knowledge that theres cross traffic or potential for cross traffic the autopilot at the time was not designed to detect that according to the testimony given in 2021 by company engineer chris payne that was excerpted in a recent court filing advt engineer nicklas gustafsson provided a similar account in a 2021 depositionthe electriccar maker didnt make any changes to its driverassistance technology to account for crossing traffic in the nearly three years between two highprofile accidents that killed tesla drivers whose cars slammed into the side of trucks the report mentioned citing newlyrevealed testimonythe family for one of the dead tesla owners is now seeking punitive damages in a lawsuit set to go to trial this octobertesla is under intense scrutiny for its autopilot and its full selfdriving fsd driver assistance featuresin some relief for tesla ceo musk jurors in an autopilotrelated 2019 crash in the us gave the verdict in favour of the electric car company in april this yearthe jury in the california state court awarded plaintiff justine hsu who sued tesla in 2020 no damages according to reportsin february tesla received a clean chit from the us national transportation safety board ntsb in a fatal crash involving a tesla model s autopilot system in 2021the us securities and exchange commission sec is also investigating selfdriving claims made by muskin february tesla paused the rollout of its full selfdriving beta software in the us and canada following a recall of the system advt read alsotexas approves plan to mandate tesla tech for ev chargers despite oppositiontesla launches cheaper model s and x versions in us with shorter rangestesla cuts model s and x prices by over 6 in chinacore lithium gets notice from tesla over failed deal ians published on aug 18 2023 at 1125 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app tesla musk us national transportation safety board ntsb tesla autopilot autonomous vehicles self driving cars auto technology homenewsauto technologytesla didnt fix autopilot after fatal