Tesla, Elon Musk’s company is sued for ‘fake’ autopilot

Elon Musk’s Tesla was sued Wednesday in a class action proposal that accuses the electric car company of misleading the public by falsely advertising its Autopilot and full self-driving features. Elon Musk: Tesla sells 75% of its Bitcoins to increase liquidity.

The complaint accused Tesla and Musk of having misleadingly advertised the technology since 2016 as fully operational or “just around the corner” despite knowing that the technology did not work or did not exist, and made the vehicles unsafe.

Briggs Matsko, the named plaintiff, said that Tesla did this to “generate enthusiasm” about its vehicles, attract investment, boost sales, avoid bankruptcy, increase its share price, and become a “dominant player” in electric vehicles.

“Tesla has yet to produce anything remotely close to a fully autonomous car”Matsko said.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco seeks unspecified damages for people who since 2016 have bought or leased Tesla vehicles with Autopilot, Enhanced Autopilot and fully autonomous driving features.

Tesla did not immediately respond to requests for comment. He disbanded his media relations department in 2020.

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The lawsuit followed complaints filed on July 28 by the California Department of Motor Vehicles accusing Tesla of exaggerating how well its advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) worked.

Remedies there could include suspending Tesla’s license in California and requiring drivers to be reinstated.

Tesla has said that autopilot allows vehicles to steer, accelerate and brake within their lanes, while full autonomous driving allows vehicles to obey traffic signals and change lanes.

It has also said that both technologies “require active driver supervision”, with a “fully attentive” driver whose hands are on the wheel, “and do not make the vehicle autonomous”.

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