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Judge finds evidence that Tesla, Musk knew about Autopilot defect (www.reuters.com)
submitted 11 months ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A Florida judge found "reasonable evidence" that Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk and other managers knew the automaker's vehicles had a defective Autopilot system but still allowed the cars to be driven unsafely, according to a ruling.

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's not that people die crashing them, or even that a manufacturing/software defect causes the deaths.

It's that Tesla knew that there was a software error that would almost certainly cause somebody to die, and intentionally chose not to address the issues for financial reasons. That's textbook depraved indifference.

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of that cost of a recall calculation scene from Fight Club.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

And that's exactly why the depraved indifference rule exists.