Tesla Wins First Jury Trial Over Fatal Autopilot Crash

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Tesla has been absolved by a California jury on Tuesday in the first U.S. trial over allegations that its Autopilot driver assistance feature led to a death.

The trial in Riverside, California, centered on Micah Lee, whose Model 3 veered off a freeway in Southern California in 2019, slammed into a tree and burst into flames, according to The Los Angeles Times.

The company contended Lee had been drinking alcohol before he got behind the wheel and there was no evidence he activated Autopilot before the collision. Lee's blood-alcohol content was not high enough for him to be considered intoxicated under state law. Tesla still faces federal investigations into whether defects in its Autopilot system have contributed to at least 17 deaths since June 2021, including regulatory investigations and lawsuits over claims that it has overhyped its progress toward hands-free driving. Several lawsuits over fatal crashes are headed to trial in coming months in California and Florida, the Times reported.

 

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