Tesla has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by the family of an Apple engineer who died in a crash involving the company's Autopilot technology. The incident occurred in 2018 when the engineer was driving his Tesla Model X SUV with Autopilot engaged and veered into a highway barrier.
Tesla has reportedly settled a lawsuit filed by the family of an Apple engineer who died in a 2018 crash involving the company’s controversial Autopilot technology, according to court filings on Monday.that on March 23, 2018, a devastating crash on Highway 101 in Mountain View, California, claimed the life of Walter Huang, a 38-year-old software engineer at Apple and devoted family man.
As the case was set to go to trial this week, court filings on Monday revealed that Tesla had reached a settlement agreement with the Huang family. The terms of the settlement, including the financial compensation, remain confidential. Tesla has not issued a public statement regarding the resolution of the lawsuit.
Studies, such as a 2019 survey conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, have shown that Tesla’s Autopilot is more likely than other manufacturers’ driver-assistance systems to foster a false sense of security among drivers, leading them to believe they can safely remove their hands from the wheel.. The agency has been examining the technology since August 2021, initially focusing on collisions involving Tesla EVs on Autopilot and parked emergency vehicles.
Court filings also revealed that Huang had activated Autopilot approximately 19 minutes before the crash, setting the speed at 75 mph. Tesla’s data showed that Huang had received multiple visual and audible warnings to place his hands back on the wheel in the minutes leading up to the collision, with no hands detected on the wheel in the final six seconds.
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