Unfortunately even an astronomical sum like this is still in “slap on the wrist” territory for a company that size. This is for a single incident, though, not class action. So it could be a valuable precedent in actually forcing them to act more responsibly for fear of more meaningful consequences.
It’s about 6% of net profit according to some websit.
Building on what you said, I think that the sum is actually pretty significant if you think of it as being roughly $100 million per person, and then multiply by the number of people hurt by the supposed “Autopilot” who now have incentive to sue.
people hurt by the supposed “Autopilot”
I thought these cases were all regarding incidents with the FSD package and not autopilot? The autopilot (in Tesla) is just TACC and lane-assist, the “advanced” autonomous features that actually steer the car is all in FSD.
Ah, I was not paying much attention to the distinction; my bad, then.
Nice.
Musk = POS Nazi.
I don’t even care if the autopilot was at fault or not in this case. I’m just here to say fuck that guy!
Indeed
Wow! That sounds like TRILLION DOLLAR Behavior!
What’s the point of such court cases when the loser can simply appeal and appeal and appeal? It’s a stupid system.
Edit: typo.
There are limits to appeals. Each appeal up the chain requires that court to agree to hear the challenge of the appeal. Depending on the jurisdicion, I think the limit would be only 3 or 4 appeals with that last one being the Supreme Court of the United States. If the next higher court declines to hear the appeal, the lower courts ruling stands.
You can appeal - but appeals are rarely agreed to. An appeal isn’t about the facts in most cases - it is about was the law correctly applied and if so is the law constitutional.
