US judge upholds US$243 million verdict against Tesla over fatal Autopilot crash

A federal judge rejected Tesla's request to pay US$243 million to victims of a 2019 fatal crash of an Autopilot-equipped Model S.

In a decision made public on Friday, U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom in Miami said the evidence at trial "more than supported" the verdict, and Tesla raised no new arguments to set the verdict aside.