According to the lawsuit, between 2015 and 2022, Tesla received “thousands of customer reports regarding problems.
With Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ system, including over 1,000 crashes; over 1,500 complaints regarding sudden, unintentional braking; and 2,400 complaints regarding sudden acceleration.”
Meanwhile, Tesla has been taken at its word by thousands of drivers that its vehicles can drive itself, even if “in fact [they are] incapable of safely handling.
A variety of routine roadway scenarios without driver input.” As expected, this has resulted in — and will continue to result.
In — many incidents between Teslas and pedestrians or other vehicles that cause fatalities or severe injuries, according to the lawsuit.
According to Tesla’s answer, which was submitted to the US District Court for the Northern District of California, Giovanni Mendoza and his brother incurred “damages and injuries.”
That “were caused by misuse or improper maintenance of the subject product in a manner not reasonably foreseeable to Tesla.”
