Focus: Tesla braces for its first trial involving Autopilot fatality
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Tesla Inc is set to defend itself for the first time at trial against allegations that failure of its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to death, in what will likely be a major test of Chief Executive Elon Musk's assertions about the technology.

Tesla braces for its first trial involving Autopilot fatality::Tesla Inc is set to defend itself for the first time at trial against allegations that failure of its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to death, in what will likely be a major test of Chief Executive Elon Musk’s assertions about the technology.

  • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
    04·
    1 year ago

    Autopilot is cable of basically ying the plane itself. A human is there for when shit goes wrong.

    • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Only if you ignore traffic. Autopilot doesn’t take in ATC directions. But it’s not a useful comparison, air traffic and navigation is much simpler compared to ground.