About that trial and the Tesla loss, 329 Million dollars...quite the story
https://electrek.co/2025/08/04/tesla...topilot-crash/
Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid blame in Autopilot crash
Within about three minutes of the crash, the Model S uploaded a “collision snapshot”—video, CAN‑bus streams, EDR data, etc.—to Tesla’s servers, the “Mothership”, and received an acknowledgement. The vehicle then deleted its local copy, resulting in Tesla being the only entity having access.