The legal action comes on the heels of numerous lawsuits, and state and federal probes, related to the ‘Autopilot’ system, which does not automatically pilot a car.
Jason Bolton turned on Tesla’s controversial “Autopilot” system while driving his Model 3 to a business meeting in the Bay Area from his Fresno home. But just as he reached the Route 152 summit, the system malfunctioned, sending the car careening into a fatal crash, a lawsuit against Tesla by his wife and two daughters claims.
Bolton, a 49-year-old employee benefits administrator, “suffered gruesome and ultimately fatal injuries” in the July 2023 crash, the wrongful death lawsuit said. Tesla did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the lawsuit and the government investigations. Its owners manuals warn “Autopilot” users to keep their hands on the steering wheel at all times and “be mindful of road conditions, surrounding traffic, and other road users.”in 2018 after “Autopilot” steered his Tesla Model X compact SUV into a freeway barrier. Federal investigators had cited Huang’s “over-reliance” on “Autopilot” while distracted, probably by a game on his phone.
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