Engineer's testimony explains Tesla Autopilot's reliance on lane markings

Newly reported testimony from a Tesla engineer is providing rare insight into how the electric car's Autopilot feature functions and what occurred at the time of a fatal 2018 car crash in California.

In July 2023, attorneys for Huang's family deposed Akshay Phatak, a Tesla engineer, to get further insight into how the vehicle's Autopilot system functions. The deposition was obtained and reported on by The Washington Post. According to attorneys for the Huang family, Huang was driving on a highway with Autopilot activated when his Model X approached a"paved gore area," a buffer zone located at the intersection of a highway and an exit ramp.

Lawyers for Tesla plan to bring in testimony from an Apple engineer who claims that data from Huang's iPhone indicates he was using his device before the fatal crash.

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