Tesla Model 3 Autopilot fatality trial begins in California

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, California: In his opening statement this week in the first U.S. trial over allegations that a car autopilot feature caused a death, Jonathan Michaels, a lawyer representing victims of a fatal crash of a Tesla Model 3 car, blamed the company's Autopilot driver assistant system.

"A car company should never sell consumers experimental vehicles," he stressed.

In response, an attorney for Te