A tragic incident involving a woman drowning in a pond after her Tesla Model X accidentally went into reverse has sparked criticism of the car's shifter design. The incident has raised concerns about the safety of Tesla's vehicles, particularly related to the Autopilot system, which is facing legal scrutiny in various trials.
Plaintiffs' lawyers in a California wrongful-death lawsuit cited Tesla's president Jon McNeill's message in a deposition as they asked a witness whether the company knew drivers would not watch the road when using its driver-assistance system https://t.co/oiBpDFJ4d5 https://t.co/c4B0gv8Z45
A 2016 email by Tesla's president Jon McNeill with feedback on the carmaker's Autopilot is being used in a new line of legal attack against it. Read: https://t.co/tmG6HzpQo3 Subscribe: https://t.co/jDp2Zvzsw0 https://t.co/zxMK9WU3Uh
Tesla’s going back to court over Autopilot’s role in a deadly 2018 crash https://t.co/L9R35P8TQo
Proceedings in deadly California Tesla autopilot crash begin next week https://t.co/BVzfHtiI33 https://t.co/MZ8JHQCeUM
CEO Dies When Her Tesla Drives Into a Pond https://t.co/U7Ab3nuLxr
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Another fatal Tesla crash on Autopilot goes to trial, but with new evidence this time https://t.co/yAx0E83FDe by @fredericlambert
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⚠️ NEXT AUTOPILOT TRIAL TO TEST TESLA'S BLAME-THE-DRIVER DEFENSE Full Story → https://t.co/zsWRGZCH8x Six weeks before the first fatal U.S. accident involving Tesla's Autopilot in 2016, the automaker's president Jon McNeill tried it out in a Model X and emailed feedback to… https://t.co/jiDZo90FtQ
Holy shit this story is horrific. This rich lady accidentally drove her Tesla into a pond and, over the course of *hours*, drowned as friends & emergency crews fruitlessly tried to break the windows & get her out. https://t.co/3Rtmw6G2gK
Left unsaid in the story of Chao drowning because she accidentally put her Tesla into reverse is the Model X's ridiculously dangerous "shifter" design. Any other carmaker would change this immediately (and would never have used it in the first place). Musk doesn't give a fuck. https://t.co/VymHjZV71v