Judge finds ‘reasonable evidence’ Tesla knew self-driving tech was defective

Ruling clears way for lawsuit brought against company over fatal crash in 2019 in which Stephen Banner was killed near Miami

A judge has found reasonable evidence" that Elon Musk and other executives at Tesla knew that the company's self-driving technology was defective but still allowed the cars to be driven in an unsafe manner anyway, according to a recent ruling issued in Florida.

Palm Beach county circuit court judge Reid Scott said he had found evidence that Tesla engaged in a marketing strategy that painted the products as autonomous" and that Musk's public statements about the technology had a significant effect on the belief about the capabilities of the products".