Tesla's abuse of statistics to make misleading claims about safety are nothing new: in 2017, Ars found out that Tesla's claims about Autopilot reducing crashes was not at all backed by data, which in fact showed the driver assist actually increased crash rates.

Mary “Missy” Cummings, an engineering professor at George Mason University, said at wrongful death trial that Tesla let drivers ignore warnings.

Testimony continued in Miami federal court in a trial focused on a fatal crash involving Tesla’s Autopilot technology while the EV maker settled another case out-of-court.