Tesla, autopilot
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Tesla rolled the dice with a lawsuit it thought it could win easily last year, but it struck out after a U.S. judge upheld the $243 million jury verdict against the company over a fatal crash in southern Florida last year involving the now-defunct Autopilot.
Last month, Tesla removed Autopilot from its cars, forcing people to buy or subscribe to FSD to use advanced driver-assistance features. However, killing Autopilot brought another benefit, helping Tesla avoid a 30-day sales ban in California. That ...
In the last week, two former Tesla self-driving/Autopilot program leaders have commented on the state of autonomous driving, telling a very different story than their former boss, Elon Musk. Elon Musk has been notoriously wrong about predicting when Tesla ...
Tesla’s new Autopilot safety report shows crashes rising for a third straight quarter. Tesla claims Autopilot users are nine times less likely to crash than unassisted drivers, but that’s down from ten times safer earlier this year. Tesla still ...
A cottage industry of celebrity figurines, blinking screens, and other DIY gadgets is helping drivers bypass Tesla's distracted-driving controls.
A driver in Texas claimed he was using his Tesla’s autopilot feature when it crashed into a home at a high speed.
