Two Democratic senators have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the company's advertising of its autopilot technology and full autonomous driving., or FSD.
What experts are unhappy with?
In the letter, Senators Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Ed Markey of Massachusetts asked FTC Chairman Lina Khan to check Tesla for "potentially deceptive and unfair practices" in marketing these technologies..
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The letter arrived two days after that., how the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an official investigation into Tesla's autopilot system.
NHTSA said in open documents, what with 2018 she identified 11 accidents involving Tesla with autopilot on, struck at least one vehicle at the first response site.
Autopilot problems
Senators approve, that Tesla marketing messages, maybe, do not fully reflect the capabilities of autopilot and FSD: "We are afraid, that Tesla's autopilot and FSD features are not as advanced and reliable, like that, how the company presents them to the public",-they wrote, pointing to the comments of CEO Elon Musk, as well as video на YouTube 2019 year called "Full self-government" and with reference to the Tesla website.
- "Tesla drivers are listening to these statements and consider, that their cars are equipped to drive independently — with potentially fatal consequences.", – wrote senators.
They added, that Tesla software for "full self-driving", which Tesla released in beta this year, not really fully autonomous, as the name suggests.
Tesla shares rose by more than 3.5% today
