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International Business Times
Carla St. Louis

Family Blames Elon Musk For Son's Tesla Autopilot Death: 'Deceptive Claims'

A scene from the car crash involving a Tesla S model and Genesis Giovanni Mendoza Martinez. (Credit: Contra Costa Fire/X)

The Mendoza family is suing Tesla after Giovanni Mendoza Martinez died in a 2023 crash while using the "Autopilot" feature in his used Model S.

The lawsuit, filed in a California Northern District Court, alleged that Tesla's Autopilot feature failed to detect and avoid a fire truck and caused the collision on Interstate 680, the Daily Mail reported.

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