The family of a young woman killed in the Florida Keys in 2019 when a Tesla ran a stop sign and plowed into a parked SUV she was standing next to on the other side of the road is arguing in a federal lawsuit that flaws with the electric car manufacturer’s Autopilot system were to blame for her death.

Tesla faces trial in Miami over a fatal 2019 crash involving a distracted driver using the car’s Autopilot technology. A woman died, and her boyfriend was gravely injured.

On this Playbook Tuesday, POLITICO Florida reporter and Florida Playbook author Kimberly Leonard joins FOX 35's Garrett Wymer via Zoom to break down the federal court case out of Miami centering around Tesla's autopilot system where a jury will decide if the system is to blame for the death of a stargazing university student after a runaway Tesla sent her flying 75 feet through the air and severely injured her boyfriend.

Tesla faces a jury in Miami over a fatal crash involving its Autopilot system, with potential implications for the company's future and self-driving technology.

A judgment against Tesla could be especially damaging as the company plans to roll-out hundreds of thousands of robotaxis on US roads.

A rare trial against Elon Musk's car company began Monday in Miami, where a jury will decide if it is partly to blame for the death of a university student after a runaway Tesla sent her flying nearly 23 metres through the air.