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Filing: Tesla settles a lawsuit over Apple engineer Walter Huang's 2018 fatal Autopilot crash a day before the trial started; details were not disclosed

which would have required detailed testimony from company engineers — just a few days after the company's CEO hyped a robotaxi 🤔 https://www.forbes.com/... @tweet_removed : Apparently Elon deemed this a just case against Tesla, hardcore litigators or not. Lora Kolodny / @lorakolodny : CEO Elon Musk previously promised to “never seek victory in a just case against us, even if we will probably win,” and “never surrender/settle an unjust case against us, even if we will probably lose.”  He also was looking for “hardcore streetfighters” for Tesla's litigation team at that time and said meancingly, “There will be blood.” … Hoon Kim / @hoon_kim : I guess this was a just case, since Elon stated they'll never settle an unjust case. $tsla @eshumarneedi : It's a shame this Autopilot case will never go to trial (Tesla settled today, out of court) because I'm almost positive it would result in a victory for the plaintiffs.  Autopilot safeguards were weak in 2018.

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  • @e.w.niedermeyer E.w. Niedermeyer on threads
    Amazing that Tesla only settled this after its Autopilot engineers roundly embarrassed themselves and their employer in depositions.  In any case, congratulations to the Huang family on the long-overdue justice.
  • @faizsays Faiz Siddiqui on threads
    Tesla Autopilot made drivers feel like their cars could drive themselves.  Testimony in a 2018 crash shows how rudimentary its design was, allegedly factoring in as Walter Huang's Tesla lost a “faded and nearly obliterated” lane line and crashed into a highway median at 71 mph. …
  • @lorakolodny Lora Kolodny on threads
    Elon Musk is doing a Q+A with Nicolai Tangen CEO of Norges Bank Investment Mgmt. now as 2 big product liability trials are underway for Tesla.  One trial concerns Walter Huang, who died in a crash while using Autopilot.  The other concerns Mallory Harcourt whose toddler pressed p…
  • @julielaumann Julie Laumann on threads
    “A National Transportation Safety Board investigation cited Tesla's failure to limit the use of Autopilot in such conditions as a contributing factor.”  Tesla settles a lawsuit out of court over the 2018 death of Apple engineer Walter Huang, avoiding a lengthy jury trial over wha…
  • @aohnsman Alan Ohnsman on threads
    weird that Tesla suddenly settled a suit brought over a horrible Autopilot crash that killed a Model X driver in 2018 as the trial was about to begin — which would have required detailed testimony from company engineers — just a few days after the company's CEO hyped a robotaxi 🤔…
  • @tweet_removed @tweet_removed on threads
    Apparently Elon deemed this a just case against Tesla, hardcore litigators or not.
  • @lorakolodny Lora Kolodny on threads
    CEO Elon Musk previously promised to “never seek victory in a just case against us, even if we will probably win,” and “never surrender/settle an unjust case against us, even if we will probably lose.”  He also was looking for “hardcore streetfighters” for Tesla's litigation team…
  • @hoon_kim Hoon Kim on threads
    I guess this was a just case, since Elon stated they'll never settle an unjust case. $tsla
  • @eshumarneedi @eshumarneedi on threads
    It's a shame this Autopilot case will never go to trial (Tesla settled today, out of court) because I'm almost positive it would result in a victory for the plaintiffs.  Autopilot safeguards were weak in 2018.