Reasons BYD Is Taking On Liability While Self-Driving And Tesla Isn't - CleanTechnica

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We’ve had a few articles this week about BYD’s breakthrough decision to take on liability in the event of a crash when a BYD driver is using God’s Eye. A few of the comments under my article earlier this week were superb additions, though, and they seemed to deserve their own article.

First of all, “Matthew2312” provided the following extensive argument for why such a thing is probably not going to happen in the United States (including from Tesla) for a while:

This is great and sets an important precedent. That said, it won’t work in the US. Here is why:

Under Chinese civil law, personal injury and wrongful death compensations are calculated using strict, state-defined formulas. This establishes a highly predictable legal ceiling for liability.