Focus: Tesla braces for its first trial involving Autopilot fatality
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Tesla Inc is set to defend itself for the first time at trial against allegations that failure of its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to death, in what will likely be a major test of Chief Executive Elon Musk's assertions about the technology.

Tesla braces for its first trial involving Autopilot fatality::Tesla Inc is set to defend itself for the first time at trial against allegations that failure of its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to death, in what will likely be a major test of Chief Executive Elon Musk’s assertions about the technology.

  • joel_feila@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Well there have people accusing Tesla of advertising their cars as much more self driving then they are. Specifically Teals has been accused of false advertising because it is what you describe, but they sell it as a self driving car.

    • RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Completely separate systems, a (now) 15k price difference, again with zero ambiguity and ZERO advertising or instruction that allows anyone to enable the system “hands off.”

      The only people making claims that Tesla is advertising (they don’t even have advertisements) are ignorant people regurgitating FUD they read on the internet.

      • joel_feila@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Evert car review that mentions it advertise s it. Tesla mentions it on their web. The fact that people know about it means it has to be advertised somewhere. I never said it was free.

        • RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          This is a bullshit argument and you know it. And nowhere on the Tesla website does it say Autopilot allows autonomous driving. Come on, man.

          • joel_feila@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            I am being serious. Many people believe that tesla have full self driving because of the name and how tesla and other people talk about it. Hence the talk of class action lawsuits against Tesla.

            So some how people think they made full auto pilot cars.

            • RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              1 year ago

              People that have never been in a tesla, maybe, because they’re morons. That does NOT equal TESLA advertising falsely, nor does anyone driving a Tesla have any reason to believe the car will completely drive itself on autopilot, because it literally tells you it doesn’t. Source: I own two of them. The entire argument is bullshit and predicated on people unaffiliated with Tesla being morons.

              • joel_feila@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                1 year ago

                And yet i just saw a stroy about tesla “fsd” full self driving. If tesla calls a feature full self driving then it sounds loke they are advertising a fully autonomous car.

                • RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  1 year ago

                  “Full Self-Driving” for which you have to pay 15k, are told in ZERO uncertain terms that this is BETA software, and that you must maintain a hold on the steering wheel from the screen and speakers else it comes to a stop, and LITERALLY TRACKS YOUR EYES TO VERIFY YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE ROAD.

                  So again, morons that don’t have any idea how a Tesla works, let alone has ever been in one, making shit up. NOT TESLA.