Hacker uncovers ‘missing' Tesla Autopilot data in deadly crash, triggering $243M verdict to victims' families

A Miami jury has ordered Tesla to pay $243 million over a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash in Florida after a hacker sipping on a Venti-size hot chocolate at a local Starbucks uncovered key vehicle data that the company had claimed it could not find.The verdict, delivered last month in federal court, held Tesla partially liable for the Key Largo wreck that killed 22-year-old Naibel Benavides Leon and left her boyfriend, Dillon Angulo, seriously injured.Jurors saw evidence showing that Tesla’s own systems recorded ...