Tesla sued over fatal 2018 Model X crash with Autopilot engaged
Last spring, Apple engineer Walter Huang aka Wei Lun Huang died in a crash when his Tesla Model X hit a median on Highway 101 in Mountain View while the car’s Autopilot driving assist was engaged. Now ABC 7 News and NBC Bay Area report that Huang’s family has filed a lawsuit against Tesla and the state of California. According to ABC reporter Dan Noyes, the lawsuit claims Huang’s Model X was “defective” in its design, and blames the state for not making safety repairs on a safety barrier within the required amount of time.