Headline of the Day

Tesla Withheld Data, Lied, and Misdirected Police and Plaintiffs to Avoid Blame in Autopilot Crash

—Electrek a brief description of how Tesla attempted to suppress and despoil evidence in the autopilot crash that they recently lost.

Why the f%$# are these guys not being frog-marched out of their offices in handcuffs? 

Tesla was caught withholding data, lying about it, and misdirecting authorities in the wrongful death case involving Autopilot that it lost this week. 

The automaker was undeniably covering up for Autopilot.

Last week, a jury found Tesla partially liable for a wrongful death involving a crash on Autopilot. I explained the case in the verdict in this article and video.

But we now have access to the trial transcripts, which confirm that Tesla was extremely misleading in its attempt to place all the blame on the driver. 

The company went as far as to actively withhold critical evidence that explained Autopilot’s performance around the crash.

What happened:

• The airbag deployed.
• Tesla collected all the camera, CAN Bus, autopilot, and performance data, put it in an archive file, and sent it back to the mothership.
• The car then automatically deleted the data archive.
• Their lawyer, under the guise of "helping" police investigators, gave them instructions in writing a request that, "Specifically crafted the letter to omit sharing the collision snapshot, which includes bundled video, EDR, CAN bus, and Autopilot data." (If there is a lawyer or paralegal among my reader(s) can you confirm to me just how f%$#ing unethical this is?)
• Lied to the police that the data on the onboard computers was corrupted. (Definitely illegal)
• Lied about the existence of this archive on their servers. 

I really hope that the judge refers Tesla counsel to the bar for disciplinary action, and I REALLY hope that the judge refers Tesla to the authorities for wire fraud.

This is RICO sh%$.