Technology
Sep. 29, 2023
Tesla argues human error in 1st autopilot wrongful death trial
“This case is not about autopilot. What you’re going to hear is that autopilot actually makes the roads safer,” said Tesla’s attorney, Michael R. Carey Dykema Gossett PLLC, before asking for a mistrial.
RIVERSIDE – The nation’s first civil trial on the question of whether an autopilot design defect or human error and alcohol caused a fatal Tesla crash began Thursday with a mistrial motion immediately after the opening statements.
Micah Lee was using the autopilot on his Tesla Model 3 in June 2019, when the car suddenly veered off the freeway, crashed into a tree and burst into flames, according to the plaintiffs’ attorneys. Lee, who was d...
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