{"id":1205514,"date":"2023-11-22T13:11:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T18:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1205514"},"modified":"2023-11-22T13:11:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T18:11:52","slug":"elon-musk-and-tesla-ignored-autopilots-fatal-flaws-judge-says-evidence-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1205514","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk and Tesla ignored Autopilot\u2019s fatal flaws, judge says evidence shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-1793804016-800x534-1.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk and Tesla ignored Autopilot&#x2019;s fatal flaws, judge says evidence shows\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-1793804016.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"683\" data-width=\"1024\">Enlarge<\/a> (credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"caption-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/tesla-logo-is-seen-on-a-car-at-the-showroom-in-santa-monica-news-photo\/1793804016\">NurPhoto \/ Contributor | NurPhoto<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Florida judge, Reid Scott, has <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Banner-v-Tesla-Order-Granting-Leave-to-Amend-11-17-2023.pdf\">ruled<\/a> that there&#8217;s &#8220;reasonable evidence&#8221; to conclude that Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk knew of defects in Autopilot systems and failed to fix them. Testimony from Tesla engineers and internal documents showed that Musk was &#8220;intimately involved&#8221; in Tesla&#8217;s Autopilot program and &#8220;acutely aware&#8221; of a sometimes-fatal defect\u2014where Autopilot repeatedly fails to detect cross traffic, Scott wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Knowing that the Autopilot system had previously failed, had limitations&#8221; and, according to one Tesla Autopilot systems engineer, &#8220;had not been modified, Tesla still permitted the &#8216;Autopilot&#8217; system to be engaged on roads that encountered areas of cross traffic,&#8221; Scott wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Because a jury could perhaps consider that a &#8220;conscious disregard or indifference to the life&#8221; of Tesla drivers, Scott granted a motion to seek punitive damages to Kim Banner, whose husband Jeremy was killed in 2019 when his &#8220;Model 3 drove under the trailer of an 18-wheeler big rig truck that had turned onto the road, shearing off the Tesla&#8217;s roof,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/judge-finds-evidence-that-tesla-musk-knew-about-autopilot-defect-2023-11-22\/\">Reuters reported.<\/a> Autopilot allegedly failed to warn Jeremy or respond in any way that could have avoided the collision, like braking or steering the vehicle out of danger, Banner&#8217;s complaint said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1986151#p3\">Read 18 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1986151&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1986151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk and Tesla ignored Autopilot\u2019s fatal flaws, judge says evidence shows<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto \/ Contributor | NurPhoto) A Florida judge, Reid Scott, has ruled that there&#8217;s &#8220;reasonable evidence&#8221; to conclude that Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk knew of defects in Autopilot systems and failed to fix them. 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