Tesla, Bendix Blamed for Severe Injuries in Robo-Truck Crash

Tesla Inc. and Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC helped trucking company J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. customize a semi-trailer with automatic driving features that led to a gruesome guardrail crash, a former trucker alleges in a lawsuit now in federal court in Oklahoma.

Stephan White alleges that he was nearly cut in half by the rail—and that he lost a leg and had other serious injuries—when his truck skidded and toppled over in slushy conditions.

Those allegations mean that the amount at stake is enough for federal court, given that the parties hail from different states, J.B. Hunt and Daimler Trucks ...