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Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict (arstechnica.com)
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A representative for Tesla sent Ars the following statement: "Today's verdict is wrong and only works to set back automotive safety and jeopardize Tesla's and the entire industry's efforts to develop and implement life-saving technology. We plan to appeal given the substantial errors of law and irregularities at trial. Even though this jury found that the driver was overwhelmingly responsible for this tragic accident in 2019, the evidence has always shown that this driver was solely at fault because he was speeding, with his foot on the accelerator—which overrode Autopilot—as he rummaged for his dropped phone without his eyes on the road. To be clear, no car in 2019, and none today, would have prevented this crash. This was never about Autopilot; it was a fiction concocted by plaintiffs’ lawyers blaming the car when the driver—from day one—admitted and accepted responsibility."

So, you admit that the company’s marketing has continued to lie for the past six years?

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[–] darkreader2636@lemmy.zip 21 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (3 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25#Radiation_overexposure_incidents Same thing over and over again

[–] timetraveller@lemmy.world 2 points 31 minutes ago

Technicians entering data too fast caused error 54. Come on.. their software was running bad code to check form fields. This is like letting a web form cut off your arm.

Scary.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 4 hours ago

Look, we've only known the effects of radium and similar chemical structures for about a hundred years or so. Give corporations a chance to catch up. /s

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago

Even when the evidence is as clear as day, the company somehow found a way to bully the case to out of court settlements, probably in their own terms. Sounds very familiar yea.