Memory can be a tricky thing. It can make you forget the most crucial task—such as removing your child from the backseat of a hot car—just because it’s outside your normal routine. It can also replace old memories with new, more recent ones, which is what Tesla is hoping will happen when people hear of the latest adventures of its Autopilot system.  First, let’s check in with Volkswagen as one leg of its seemingly-never-ending legal battle might be over in the very near future.  This is your Tuesday edition of the Daily Drive-Thru.  A regional court in Braunschweig, Germany will use a sparsely-seen legal maneuver to speed through dozens of lawsuits filed against Volkswagen for installing regulation-cheating software in its diesel engine vehicles. The court, which is near the automaker’s Wolfsburg headquarters, will pick one case to act as a model for roughly 170 others. This tactic is the closest thing to a U.S.-style class-action lawsuit allowable under German law.  While Volkswagen faces legal action from customers and governmental bodies at home and from as far away as the U.S. and South Korean, the lawsuits being examined here are all from investors seeking damages for losses suffered after the automaker’s clandestine regulation-cheating operation was made public. The scandal rocked Volkswagen’s stock value and its public image. It also will cost the company some $15 billion in the U.S. alone to pay for repairs, buybacks, customer compensations and other penalties.  Automotive News reporter Sharon Silke Carty examines how the shortcomings of the human memory and the dearth of industry-provided solutions contribute to the preponderance of heat-related deaths among children who become trapped in cars. In her piece, Carty unpacks the complexity of the issue, which—despite the fervent opinions of Internet commenters—can sometimes run deeper than mere negligent parenting.  Solutions to prior issues, including children getting stuck in latched refrigerators and car trunks, are used as examples for how government and industry can work together to resolve issues that could otherwise be written off as problems of poor parenting. Likewise, burgeoning technologies, such as the Evenflo SensorSafe system and the General Motors reminder system that debuted in the 2017 GMC Acadia, are pointed to as models for potential solutions.  Check out the full report here.  Through the first seven months of 2016, Jaguar has increased its vehicle sales by 59 percent—more than twice the next fastest-growing brand—thanks in no small part to a bevy of changes implemented throughout its U.S. lineup. Rather than roll out redesigned models one-by-one, Jag introduced an all-new XF and an updated XJ last fall, then in May began selling two brand new models: the XE sedan and the F-Pace, the brand’s first-ever SUV.  With less than 15,000 vehicles sold in the U.S. last year, the British carmaker had a low threshold to surpass for 2016 and it likely benefited from a fleet-wide drop in prices. However, Jaguar also dropped its incentives by more than 30 percent and had the second lowest average discount among luxury car brands. Whether this kind of growth is sustainable on a long-term basis remains to be seen, but for the time being, Jaguar has a lot to be happy about.  A Chinese-backed electric supercar startup has hired the head of electrification away from General Motors to help bolster its efforts to challenge Tesla Motors. Faraday Future, the mysterious EV company that arrived on the scene last fall has hired Peter Savagian, GM’s general director of electric drive systems and new product development.  Savagian joined GM in August 1998 to work on the EV1, the first mass-produced electric vehicle from a major automaker in the modern area, a vehicle that, despite its popularity, was stripped from the roads for liability reasons and discontinued because it was thought to be wholly unprofitable. Savagian is just the latest big name hired by Faraday Future, joining a list that includes former Tesla VP James Chen and former Ferrari exec Marco Mattiaci.  Well would you look at that: a Tesla owner is actually using the media to say how Autopilot saved his life, instead of endangering it. Joshua Neally, 37, of Branson, Missouri, told Slate that his Model X was able to use Autopilot mode to get him to the hospital safely after he suffered a pulmonary embolism (a blood vessel obstruction in his lungs) while driving in rush hour traffic.  The proud Tesla owner told the publication that the car drove him more than 20 miles to the nearest hospital where he manually steered into a parking spot before checking in to the emergency room. This is quite a different tale than those shared by other Tesla owners in the wake of the first-ever fatal accident in May—notably a driver in Pennsylvania —who say the semi-autonomous system caused them to crash.  Check the Daily Drive-Thru every weekday morning to get the latest on the most important news and trends in the automotive world.  You can find Monday's installment of the Drive-Thruhereand view the rest of our archiveshere.  Got a news tip or a comment? You can find me on Twitter where I go by @ByKyleCampbellor email me at kcampbell@nydailynews.com.  Did you find this article helpful? If so, please share it using the "Join the Conversation" buttons below, and thank you for visiting Daily News Autos.
We've also got the lowdown on Jaguar's keys to success, some rare good news about Tesla's Autopilot, and more in today's Daily Drive-Thru.