Tesla is defending itself in the first trial against its autopilot assistance feature.

<div class="block">Tesla is defending itself in the first trial against its autopilot assistance feature.</div>

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First Trial Against Tesla's Autopilot Happening Monday

Today, Tesla will be defending itself in the first trial against its autopilot driver assistant feature. The trial alleges that the failures of the feature led to someone's death. Now, the next trial in mid September is alleging the system caused owner Mika Lee to suddenly veer off a highway in Los Angeles at 65 per hour causing the car to hit a tree leading to their death. There are more trials to follow the two happening with two of them happening next month, self driving capability of Teslas are essential to the company's financial future. Now, according to Elon Musk, the outcome of these trials could have a significant impact on the company.