> There will be cases where a court determines that the autonomous system was the cause.

At the moment, manufacturers almost totally escape blame for fatal accidents [involving human drivers] - it's understood societally and in the legal system that the human driver was the one at fault.

That isn't a totally accurate picture of the responsibility. The manufacturer provided a vehicle that included a risk of fatal accident. (Reducing this wrong and describing it as 'lives saved' feels uncomfortable to me)

With an autonomous system, blame for fatalities can no longer be placed on a human driver: and yet, there is still a failure of responsibility (maybe this will be a more accurate placement of blame)