Crashing the self-driving party of Tesla & co.
Self-driving cars — and their current hands-free precursors from the likes of Tesla TSLA -1.5%, Cadillac, Audi, and Ford — may be barreling towards an obstacle that they can all see and can’t avoid: the courtroom. And that could have a chilling effect on how rapidly consumers start adopting the very technology that’s intended to save their lives.