Tesla Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit with Family of Apple Engineer Killed in Autopilot Crash

Tesla has settled a lawsuit with the family of an Apple engineer who died in a 2018 crash involving a Tesla Model X with Autopilot engaged. The terms of the settlement have not been disclosed, and jury selection for the civil trial was set to begin. The engineer's family blamed Tesla's Autopilot for the crash, while Tesla maintained the engineer was playing a game on his phone during the incident. The lawsuit highlighted the debate over the capabilities and limitations of Tesla's Autopilot technology.