The Impasse and Solutions for Product Liability in the Field of Autonomous Vehicles
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Autonomous Vehicles, Product Liability, Defect Determination, Causation.Abstract
Currently, autonomous driving technology is transitioning from technical testing to large-scale commercial application. Compared to traditional industrial products, autonomous driving technology is characterized by both complexity and autonomy, making it difficult to adapt to traditional product liability standards. This not only affects the effective remedy of the legitimate rights and interests of victims but also hinders the innovative development of the industry. This paper takes the application of product liability for autonomous vehicles as its research object, combining relevant legal provisions and practical cases to analyze the application dilemmas of autonomous vehicles in terms of the scope of product liability subjects, defect identification, and the difficulty in proving causation, and provides corresponding solutions.
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