So, Tesla's sensors failed to detect a concrete barrier and failed to detect he driver’s hands on the wheel, but we’re supposed to assume that the first which was clearly a manufacturing defect was not responsible for the crash because of the second which, we are to presume, must have accurately reflected reality.

(Since California uses comparative fault in these kinds of cases, legally this would seem to at best reduce but not actually eliminate Tesla's liability, even were a jury to be convinced by it.)

> If you are driving a Tesla equipped with Autopilot hardware, you are 3.7 times less likely to be involved in a fatal accident.

Which I suspect says nothing about the vehicles (much less autopilot hardware specifically, and even less the autopilot function), and everything about the age demographics of Tesla owners, because age is a significant factor in accident rates, and there are probably disproportionately few teenagers and other very young drivers driving Teslas.

https://aaafoundation.org/rates-motor-vehicle-crashes-injuri...