[baakss]

This is really to a point where it can only hurt Google. Just look at the word choice in the article:

>The crashes are calling the safety of such automatic driving features into question, just as they're being incorporated into more and more cars on the road.

Tesla's failure in this court harms the entire concept, not just their own brand. The average person isn't going to distinguish between Tesla's inappropriately named 'autopilot', which is not 100% automatic, and Google's, which is.

[studentrob]

I'm not worried.

There is plenty of time for Tesla to reconsider its strategy and for Google to continue building on its good reputation.