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A jury in Florida has found Tesla partly liable for a 2019 crash in which a Model S sedan using self-driving software killed a pedestrian and severely injured another. Plaintiffs had argued the assistance software, called Autopilot, should have alerted the driver and activated the brakes before the crash. Tesla had maintained the driver, George McGee, was at fault and …

A Miami jury found Tesla partially liable Friday in a 2019 crash that killed one person and injured another—all while the driver of the Model S used the automaker’s Autopilot driver assistance feature. The jury found Tesla liable for $200 million in punitive damages, plus an additional $43 million in compensatory damages. (Because of state laws, the company will likely …

A federal jury in Florida found Tesla partly liable for a deadly 2019 crash involving Tesla’s Autopilot driver assist software, according to reports from The New York Times and CNBC. Tesla has been ordered to pay $200 million in punitive damages and about $43 million in compensatory damages, CBS News reports. Tesla’s Autopilot feature is designed to control a vehicle’s …

A jury in federal court in Miami has found Tesla partly to blame for a fatal 2019 crash that involved the use of the company’s Autopilot driver assistance system. The jury awarded the plaintiffs $329 million in punitive and compensatory damages. Neither the driver of the car nor the Autopilot system braked in time to avoid going through an intersection, …

Jury Says Tesla Was Partly to Blame for Fatal Crash  The New York Times Tesla must pay $329 million in damages after fatal Autopilot crash, jury says  CNBC Tesla ordered to pay $329 million in autopilot crash case, impacting safety reputation  KOMO Miami jury finds Tesla partly liable in Autopilot crash, awards $200 million in punitive damages  NBC News Tesla found partially liable for …

MIAMI — A federal jury on Friday found Tesla partly liable in a 2019 car crash that killed a pedestrian and left another person badly injured when the car was in Autopilot mode. The jury awarded the plaintiffs $200 million in punitive damages, plus compensatory damages for pain and suffering. The verdict is a blow for Tesla and CEO Elon …

Last month, the parachutes on Hélène Huby’s small spacecraft failed to deploy, and the vehicle and its cargo crashed into the ocean on Earth. It was both a success and a failure. The success was that after Huby founded The Exploration Company in Europe, she managed to move nimbly with the “Mission Possible” spacecraft such that it cost less than $25 …