A few days ago, we learned from relevant channels that a 2020 lawsuit was filed against resident Justine Hsu, claiming that the design of the Autopilot automatic driving assistance system and airbags was defective, demanding more than US$3 million in compensation. A jury in Los Angeles Superior Court ruled that the airbags of Tesla's Autopilot automatic driving assistance system did not lose safety performance and Tesla did not intentionally fail to disclose the facts. Therefore, it ruled in favor of Tesla.

According to foreign media reports, the Los Angeles Superior Court jury in the United States found that Tesla had clearly warned that some of the autonomous driving software was not an autonomous driving system, and the main cause of the accident was driver distraction, so it ruled Tesla won the lawsuit.

In June last year, the US NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) launched an investigation into 830,000 Tesla vehicles, focusing on the safety of the Autopilot automatic driving assistance system. It is reported that the US NHTSA upgraded the investigation to an engineering analysis at that time, which was a necessary step before a mandatory recall.

The U.S. NHTSA’s investigation at the time involved about 416,000 Model 3 and Model Y, accounting for about half of the total number of investigations. They are Tesla’s best-selling products. There have been no cases caused by the above-mentioned “phantom braking” problem.resulting in reports of crashes or injuries.

According to information released by the U.S. NHTSA at the time, the Tesla vehicles involved in the investigation may brake unexpectedly while driving at high speeds. Complaint reports show that sudden deceleration and braking may occur without any warning and may occur alone. It happened repeatedly while driving for the first time, and the car owner was worried about high-speed rear-end collisions.

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Editor: Zhao Yu