Judge Orders Tesla CEO Elon Musk to Testify in Lawsuit Over Fatal Autopilot Crash

A California judge has ordered Tesla CEO Elon Musk to be interviewed under oath about statements he made regarding the safety and capabilities of the carmaker's Autopilot features.
The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by the family of Walter Huang against Tesla over a car crash that killed the Apple engineer in 2018.
Huang's family argues Tesla's partially automated driving software failed, while the carmaker contends Huang was playing a videogame on his phone before the crash and disregarded vehicle warnings.
Musk will likely be asked about a 2016 statement cited by plaintiffs, in which he allegedly said: "A Model S and Model X, at this point, can drive autonomously with greater safety than a person.
The lawsuit is scheduled to go into trial on July 31, adding to growing legal and regulatory scrutiny over Tesla's Autopilot system.