Tesla Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over ‘Dangerous’ Autopilot System

Tesla Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over ‘Dangerous’ Autopilot System
A Tesla dealership is seen in West Drayton, just outside London, Britain, Feb. 7, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
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NEW YORK—Tesla on Thursday reached an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit with buyers of its Model S and Model X cars who alleged that the company’s assisted-driving Autopilot system was “essentially unusable and demonstrably dangerous.”

The agreement, announced in a filing in San Jose federal court late Thursday, still has to be approved by U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman.