Tesla Wants Apple To Help Prove Driver Was Playing iPhone Game When He Was Killed In Autopilot Crash

Tesla is trying to get Apple to help prove that a Model X driver who worked for the tech company was playing a video game on his iPhone when he was killed in a crash while Autopilot was engaged.

This is happening despite the fact the National Transportation Safety Board investigated the matter and could not reach a definitive conclusion about what Wei “Walter” Huang – an engineer at Apple who crashed and died on his way to work – was doing in the final seconds before the impact, according to The Verge. Still, lawyers for his family believe Apple is “secretly” maneuvering to help Tesla blame him for distracted driving before the crash.

The forensic examination did prove that Huang was playing Sega’s Total War: Three Kingdoms when his Autopilot-enabled Model X crashed into a safety barrier along U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View, California in 2018. However, his family’s attorneys say Tesla cannot prove that just because the app was open on his screen.