Tesla to pay more than 200 million dollars as compensation after it found a partial responsibility for the murderous automated pilot crash

Floorida jury found that Tesla is partly responsible for a 2019 mutilated collision incident that includes the Autopilot Driver Delivery Program in Tesla, according to reports from New York Times and CNBC. Tesla was ordered to pay $ 200 million in punitive damage and about $ 43 million in compensatory damage, CBS news reports.

The Autopilot feature is designed from Tesla to control the direction of the car and its brakes; However, some argue that the EV maker has misled the drivers about the capabilities of its cars. For example, the California Ministry of Cars, for example, Tesla was accused of falsely advertising Autopilot and full self -driving capabilities as independent leadership features.

During the trial, which started In JulyThe prosecutors argued that the Tesla Tesla Program was wrong to cause an accident that led to the killing of Nappel Benefids, who is 22 years old. While driving in Key Largo, Florida, the owner of Tesla George McGE crashed into the Benavides vehicle after bending to seize a phone that brought him down. McCje told the jury that he believed that the OutFilot “will protect it and prevent severe crash if he made a mistake,” he said, according to what he said. now.

The company said in a statement to the newspaper “Tesla” and the entire industry efforts to develop and implement life rescue technology. now. The company plans to appeal.