“automatic pilot it’s not really autonomous driving, but Tesla advertises it as such”. The automaker of Elon MuskTwitter’s new owner is in trouble again: The US government’s Justice Department has opened an investigation into Tesla and its alleged responsibility in several fatal accidents involving its vehicles.
It is the most serious investigation Tesla has been involved in. Business leaders run the risk of being held criminally liable.
The claim is that Tesla has created a false sense of security in the owners of its vehicles by deceiving them that their cars are actually capable of self-driving. This caused a misunderstanding of Autopilot’s limits, argues the Department of Justicereportedly caused several accidents, some of which were fatal.
Barbara McQuade, a lawyer specializing in deceptive advertising, explains that in order to establish criminal responsibility, it would be necessary for the prosecution to obtain internal e-mails (or other material) that show beyond any doubt that executives are intended to be public.
In addition, although the most serious to date, the Justice Department’s is just one of many ongoing investigations on the subject. Also there NHTSA – the federal road safety agency – is investigating Autopilot and FSD, Tesla’s optional package that offers a range of advanced semi-autonomous driving features.
The state authorities of the California a few months ago they opened a new investigation. The accusation is always the same: Tesla allegedly misled consumers by advertising Autopilot as software with full autonomous driving functionality.
Source: Lega Nerd
