Elon Musk overstated Tesla’s autopilot and self-driving tech, new lawsuit says
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1. calling level 2 driver assist "Full Self Driving" encouraged people to abuse it and people died.
2. Selling a beta buggy driver assist for $thousands is a scam
3. Selling Tesla cars on the basis of a promise to make them into moneymaking robotaxis is a scam on par with timeshare frauds, except even the worst timeshares actually get rented out sometimes.
4. The promotion of FSD amounts to stock manipulation. Cathie Wood's ArkInvest bases a large part of theiir $TSLA price target on the prospect of robotaxi revenue.
5. If camera-only FSD turns out to be unfeasible, no Tesla on the road now will ever FSD.
6. Promising that every car has all the hardware needed for FSD in 2016. Then promising to update hardware as needed to achieve FSD. And then in 2023, saying we can't upgrade hardware anymore as it's too expensive. Anyone that has current FSD Beta knows that this thing will never be fully autonomous.
7. Tesla legal team stating to CA regulators that FSD is a Level 2 system and even when fully realized will remain a level 2 system.
8. The 2016 video stating that the driver is only there for legal purposes, overselling the capabilities, and then Tesla fans calling out frustrated consumers for being confused and assuming that the car can actually drive itself safely.
9. Continuously moving the goal post. FSD has been a year away since 2016 and every single year Elon has publicly stated "I'm confident we'll see it next year." At what point is enough, enough?