A jury in Florida awarded plaintiffs $329 million in damages on Friday in a case that blamed Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance feature for a 2019 crash that killed a young woman and gravely injured her boyfriend.

Tesla has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in the case and said it plans to appeal the decision.

The company released the following statement after the jury's decision:

"Today’s verdict is wrong and only works to set back automotive safety and jeopardize Tesla’s and the entire industry’s efforts to develop and implement life-saving technology. We plan to appeal given the substantial errors of law and irregularities at trial. Even though this jury found that the driver was overwhelmingly responsible for this tragic accident in 2019, the evidence has always shown that this driv

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