Which practices are driving the lawsuits in this trend?

Marketing EV range, charging performance, or autonomous-driving capability that owners say is materially overstated. Deploying software or over-the-air updates that allegedly reduce battery range, impair features, or fail to resolve safety-critical defects. Selling vehicles with recurring battery, charging, infotainment, camera, ADAS, or other electronic failures while delaying a permanent remedy. Collecting, tracking, or sharing connected-vehicle and driving-behavior data without adequate disclosure or consent. Installing or selling dealer-installed BLE key-fob, remote-start, and vehicle-security systems with weak authentication that may permit unauthorized unlocking, starting, or theft.

Automotive Technology Litigation Trends

Name: Automotive Technology Litigation Trends
Creator: Rain Intelligence
Published: 2026-10-12T20:46:29.205Z
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GeneratedOct 12, 2026

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What is this trend?

This trend covers lawsuits and plaintiff investigations involving the technology inside modern vehicles: EV batteries and charging systems, connected-car data and software, infotainment, driver-assistance features, and autonomous-driving claims.

What caused it

As automakers and mobility platforms move core vehicle functions into software and electrification systems, consumers increasingly experience technology failures, safety risks, degraded range, data sharing, or gaps between advertised and delivered performance. Those fact patterns create overlapping product-liability, warranty, consumer-protection, privacy, cybersecurity, and false-advertising theories.

Practices driving the lawsuits

Marketing EV range, charging performance, or autonomous-driving capability that owners say is materially overstated.
Deploying software or over-the-air updates that allegedly reduce battery range, impair features, or fail to resolve safety-critical defects.
Selling vehicles with recurring battery, charging, infotainment, camera, ADAS, or other electronic failures while delaying a permanent remedy.
Collecting, tracking, or sharing connected-vehicle and driving-behavior data without adequate disclosure or consent.
Installing or selling dealer-installed BLE key-fob, remote-start, and vehicle-security systems with weak authentication that may permit unauthorized unlocking, starting, or theft.

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Filed▼	Defendant	Court	Firm	Industry	Theory	Complaint
Aug 24, 2026	Volvo Car Corporation\|Volvo Car USA LLC\|Polestar Performance AB 2:26-cv-00741	Eastern District of Texas	NELSON BUMGARDNER CONROY PC	Automotive & Mobility	EV Charging & Infrastructure+1	View
Aug 6, 2026	UAB Xirgo Global 2:26-cv-00657	Eastern District of Texas	ROZIER HARDT MCDONOUGH PLLC	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data	View
Jul 27, 2026	Jaguar Land Rover North America 2:26-cv-09403-ES	District of New Jersey	Garibian Law Offices, P.C., Direction IP Law	Automotive & Mobility	EV Charging & Infrastructure+1	View
Jul 17, 2026	Hyundai Motor America 2:26-cv-00592-JRG	Eastern District of Texas	Direction IP Law	Automotive & Mobility	EV Charging & Infrastructure+1	View
Jul 6, 2026	Cambridge Mobile Telematics Inc. 1:26-cv-13108	District of Massachusetts	Milberg PLLC \| Ahdoot & Wolfson, PC	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data+1	View
Jun 29, 2026	State Farm Automobile Insurance Company 3:26-cv-02159	Northern District of Texas	Buether Joe & Counselors, LLC	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data	View
Jun 24, 2026	Lucid Group, Inc. 2:26-cv-00505-JRG-RSP	Eastern District of Texas	DNL Zito	Automotive & Mobility	ADAS & Autonomous Driving	View
Jun 11, 2026	Keyless Entry Remote, Inc. 4:26-cv-04638	Southern District of Texas	The Polasek Law Firm, PLLC	Automotive & Mobility	Vehicle Key-Fob & Electronic Theft+2	View
May 22, 2026	KIA AMERICA, INC.\|KIA CORPORATION 8:26-cv-01291	Central District of California	McCUNE LAW GROUP	Automotive & Mobility	ADAS & Autonomous Driving+1	View
May 15, 2026	PII Auto, LLC 3:26-cv-01586-O	Northern District of Texas	WINSTEAD PC, HONIGMAN LLP	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data+1	View
Apr 2, 2026	General Motors LLC 3:26-cv-05329	Washington Western District Court	Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala, PLLC	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data+3	View
Mar 23, 2026	Volvo group north america llc \| Mack trucks inc \| Nova bus us inc \| Prevost car us inc 2:26-cv-00235	Eastern district of texas	Fabricant, Rubino & Lambrianakos Llp, Rubino Ip	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data+1	View
Mar 23, 2026	Tesla, inc. 7:26-cv-00100	Western district of texas	Not provided in the supplied text	Automotive & Mobility	EV Charging & Infrastructure+2	View
Mar 20, 2026	Nissan motor co ltd 2:26-cv-00231-RWS-RSP	Eastern district of texas	Nelson Bumgardner Conroy Pc	Automotive & Mobility	EV Charging & Infrastructure+1	View
Mar 18, 2026	enterprise holdings inc. d/b/a enterprise mobility 1:2026cv00652	Western district of texas	Eureka Intellectual Property Law, Pllc	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data	View
Jan 23, 2026	Stellantis, n.v. \| fca us llc 2:26-cv-10259	Michigan Eastern District Court	Yatooma Law, P.c.	Automotive & Mobility	Vehicle Key-Fob & Electronic Theft+3	View
Jan 23, 2026	Bp entities\|chevron entities\|exxon entities\|shell entities\|american petroleum institute 1:26-cv-00254	Western district of michigan united states district court	Hausfeld Llp, Dicello Levitt Llp	Automotive & Mobility	EV Charging & Infrastructure+2	View
Dec 29, 2025	Tesla, inc. 7:25-cv-00594	Western district of texas	Not stated	Automotive & Mobility	ADAS & Autonomous Driving	View
Dec 21, 2025	Rivian automotive, inc. 8:25-cv-2820	Central district of california	Weiss law	Automotive & Mobility	EV & Battery Technology+1	View
Dec 5, 2025	Ford motor company 2:25-cv-13909	Michigan Eastern District Court	Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro Llp, Bellavia Cohen P.c., The Miller Law Firm, P.c.	Automotive & Mobility	EV & Battery Technology+1	View
Nov 25, 2025	Hyundai motor company \| Hyundai motor america 1:25-cv-02180	Eastern District of Virginia	Bunsow De Mory Llp, Susman Godfrey L.l.p.	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data+1	View
Nov 25, 2025	Mazda motor corporation \| Mazda motor of america, inc. 1:25-cv-02182	Eastern District of Virginia	Bunsow De Mory Llp, Susman Godfrey L.L.P.	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data+1	View
Nov 24, 2025	Perrone Robotics, Inc. v. Toyota Motor et al 2:25-cv-01150-JRG-RSP	Eastern district of texas united states district court	Susman Godfrey L.l.p. and Miller Fair Henry Pllc	Automotive & Mobility	ADAS & Autonomous Driving+2	View
Nov 24, 2025	Tesla, inc. 1:25-cv-02156	Eastern district of virginia	Bunsow De Mory Llp, Susman Godfrey L.l.p.	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data+2	View
Oct 28, 2025	General motors llc 8:25-cv-02937	Florida Middle District Court	Morgan & Morgan Complex Litigation Group	Automotive & Mobility	EV & Battery Technology+1	View
Oct 15, 2025	Mitsubishi corporation americas \| Mitsubishi motors north america inc. 1:2025cv01650	Western district of texas	Eureka Intellectual Property Law, Pllc	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data+1	View
Sep 18, 2025	Google llc 6:2025cv00434	Western district of texas	The plaintiff is representing himself pro se and no law firm is listed as representing the plaintiff.	Automotive & Mobility	ADAS & Autonomous Driving	View
Jul 23, 2025	Tesla, Inc. 7:25-cv-00594	Eastern District Of Texas	Miller Fair Henry, Pllc And Nelson Bumgardner Conroy Pc	Automotive & Mobility	ADAS & Autonomous Driving	View
Jun 2, 2025	General Motors Company \| General Motors, Llc 4:25-cv-00584	Texas Eastern District Court	Steckler Wayne & Love Pllc and Carter Arnett Pllc	Automotive & Mobility	Vehicle Key-Fob & Electronic Theft+3	View
Jun 2, 2025	General motors company \| General motors, llc, inc. 4:25-cv-00584	Texas Eastern District Court	Steckler Wayne & Love Pllc, Carter Arnett Pllc, Dortch Lindstrom Livingston Law Group	Automotive & Mobility	Vehicle Key-Fob & Electronic Theft+3	View
Jun 2, 2025	General Motors Company \| General Motors LLC 4:25-cv-00584	Texas Eastern District Court	Steckler Wayne & Love Pllc, Carter Arnett Pllc, Dortch Lindstrom Livingston Law Group	Automotive & Mobility	Vehicle Key-Fob & Electronic Theft+3	View
Apr 10, 2025	Tal Pinco \| Connor Griffith \| Travis Dehning \| Does 1-50 Docket not provided	Western district of washington	Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, Llp	Automotive & Mobility	EV Charging & Infrastructure+1	View
Mar 31, 2025	Interstate Parking, LLC 1:25-cv-01024-tpo	Colorado District Court	Hiraldo P.a., Dapeer Law P.a.	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data+1	View
Feb 12, 2025	Mullen Automotive, Inc. \| David Michery \| Jonathan New 25-cv-01187	California Central District Court	Clayeo C. Arnold, A Professional Corporation, Federman & Sherwood	Automotive & Mobility	EV & Battery Technology+1	View
Jul 11, 2024	Netradyne, Inc. Docket not provided	District of Delaware	Garibian Law Offices, P.C.; Rabicoff Law LLC	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data	View
Jun 13, 2024	General Motors LLC; OnStar, LLC; LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Inc.; Verisk Analytics, Inc. 1:24-cv-02574	Unknown	Barnes Law Group, LLC; Dicello Levitt LLP	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data+1	View
Apr 26, 2024	General Motors, OnStar, LexisNexis Risk Solutions o:24-cv-01517	United States District Court Minnesota	Gustafson Gluek PLLC	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data+1	View
Apr 12, 2024	General Motors Company Case number not provided	California Central District Court	Kazerouni Law Group, APC	Automotive & Mobility	Vehicle Key-Fob & Electronic Theft+3	View
Apr 12, 2024	General Motors LLC, OnStar LLC and LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc. 2:24-cv-02978	California Central District Court	Emerson Firm PLLC	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data+1	View
Apr 9, 2024	General Motors LLC 2:24-cv-10917-sjm-eas	Michigan Eastern District Court	Sergei Lemberg	Automotive & Mobility	EV & Battery Technology+1	View
Mar 29, 2024	General Motors LLC, OnStar, LLC, and LexisNexis 8:24-cv-00695	California Central District Court	Ahdoot & wolfson, p.c.	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data+1	View
Dec 8, 2023	Edward Shamoon v. General Motors Company, Mary T. Barra, and Paul A. Jacobson 2:23-cv-13132-SDK-EAS	United States District Court	POMERANTZ LLP, Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP	Automotive & Mobility	ADAS & Autonomous Driving+2	View
Jul 26, 2023	Hyundai Motor Company Class Action Lawsuit 8:23-cv-01344	California Central District Court	Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP	Automotive & Mobility	EV Charging & Infrastructure+2	View
Jul 17, 2023	ABEL v. PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC. and DR. ING h.c. F. PORSCHE AG 23-cv-03807	United States District Court	Squitieri & Fearon, LLP	Automotive & Mobility	Connected Vehicle Software & Data+1	View

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