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Tesla is set to go to trial for a wrongful death lawsuit that accuses the company of rolling out a "defective" autopilot system.
  • Tesla is set to go to trial Tuesday over a wrongful death lawsuit regarding a fatal crash in 2018.
  • A deposition from a Tesla engineer obtained by WaPo reveals how Tesla's autopilot works.
  • The engineer testified under oath that the autopilot follows "clearly marked lane lines," per WaPo.

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.