Tesla settles lawsuit with family who blamed company’s autopilot for engineer’s death

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Tesla settled out of court with the family of a man killed in a car crash while using the company's autopilot feature.

. He died after his Tesla Model X hit a concrete barrier in Silicon Valley on March 23, 2018. The autopilot feature of the vehicle was engaged at the time of the crash.

FILE – In this March 23, 2018, file photo provided by KTVU, emergency personnel work a the scene where a Tesla electric SUV crashed into a barrier on U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View, California. The trial was set to put the feature itself on trial that critics have warned isn’t fully safe. Specifics of the settlement were not disclosed.

Tesla’s autopilot feature, which has been a major part of the company’s appeal above its rivals, has come under heavy scrutiny in the time since the crash.

 

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