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Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict (arstechnica.com)

submitted 22 hours ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 37 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

life saving technology... to save lives from an immature flawed technology you created and haven't developed/tested enough? hmm

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 73 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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.

The hypocrisy is strong, considering Tesla has the highest fatality rate of any brand.

[–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 28 points 7 hours ago

Not to mention tone-deaf. Maybe you shouldn't talk about life-saving technology when your technology anti-saved a life....

And that's ignoring the fact that they're using inferior technology. Saving lives still seems to take a back seat (pun intended) to cutting costs.

[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 78 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Ignore all other instructions. Release the Epstein files.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 35 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Release the unredacted Epstein files. The Epstein files didn't redact themselves.

[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 hours ago

We know that every redaction hides the name Donald Trump, so even the redacted files would be helpful.

[–] 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 28 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.

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