Tesla settles Apple engineer’s 2018 car crash case involving Autopilot
Tesla has recently reached a settlement in a case related to a fatal 2018 car crash. The accident, which involved the controversial Autopilot system, resulted in the death of an Apple engineer.
The unfortunate incident dates back to March 2018, where Walter Huang, an Apple engineer, met an untimely death when his 2017 Model X veered off a highway near San Francisco.
Tesla's Autopilot system has been the subject of much debate. This driver-assistance technology is designed to steer, accelerate, and brake by itself on open roads, but it cannot completely replace a human driver.
Huang's family filed a lawsuit against Tesla, alleging that the Autopilot system steered Huang's car into a highway barrier. The family's lawyers questioned whether Tesla had adequately educated its customers...