Tesla Engineer Who Quit Wanted as Witness in Key Autopilot Trial
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Tesla Inc.’s director of Autopilot software has left the company, but he may still be called as a witness in the first case to go to a trial blaming the assisted-driving feature for a fatal crash, according to a court filing.
Christopher “CJ” Moore made a comment in an interview by the California Department of Motor Vehicles earlier this year that an agency official interpreted to mean he thought Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk had overstated how quickly the electric-car maker would be able to ramp up to fully autonomous driving.