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Tesla partly liable in Florida Autopilot trial, jury awards $329M in damages

Tesla partly liable in Florida Autopilot trial, jury awards $329M in damages
business8/1/2025

The jury verdict is one of the first major legal decisions about driver assistance technology that has gone against Tesla. Both Elon Musk and Tesla have spent years making claims about Autopilot's capabilities.

A jury in federal court in Miami has found Tesla partly to blame for a fatal 2019 crash that involved the use of the company’s Autopilot driver assistance system. The jury awarded the plaintiffs $329 million in punitive and compensatory damages. Neit... [3316 chars]