New York (CNN Business) The family of an Apple engineer killed in a crash of his Tesla last year is suing the automaker, saying the Autopilot feature on the car caused his death. The NTSB investigated the crash and determined that the Autopilot feature, which provides some self-driving functions to Tesla cars, was engaged for nearly 19 minutes before the fatal crash. This March 23, 2018 crash of a Tesla Model X in Autopilot mode killed the car's owner, Walter Huang. His family is suing Tesla charging the Autopilot feature caused the crash. "The Huang family wants to help prevent this tragedy from happening to other drivers using Tesla vehicles or any semi-autonomous vehicles."

Source: CNN May 02, 2019 19:52 UTC