Walter Huang and his wife Sevonne Huang on a trip to Butchart Gardens in Victoria, Canada On the eve of a jury trial expected to delve deeply into Tesla’s controversial “Autopilot” technology, the company has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of an Apple engineer killed on Highway 101 in Mountain View, according to court filings Monday.
The case was to go before a jury this week, but Tesla said in court filings that it had reached a deal with Huang’s wife and kids. According to a filing by the electric car maker led by CEO Elon Musk and a lawyer for the Huang family, the settlement amount is confidential. No other terms of the deal were disclosed in the filings. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A 2019 survey by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that Tesla’s Autopilot, more than any other manufacturer’s driver-assistance systems, led people to overestimate system capabilities, with 48% saying they thought it would be
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