Comment on ‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr...

• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are you serious?

  Autopilot

  Full Self Driving

  “Our cars will travel from the east coast to west coast of the US without any human intervention by 2017”

  “Your model 3 will be like an automated taxi earning money for you while you’re not using it!”

  Etc.

  Tesla is always making out like their cars can drive themselves and it’s just the law that’s preventing cars from driving themselves about unaided.

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  • cosmic_slate@dmv.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Where are you getting that from, that’s not on their site.

    www.tesla.com/model3/design#overview

    Scroll down to the feature add-ons.

    Full Self-Driving Capability

    $12,000 Your car will be able to drive itself almost anywhere with minimal driver intervention and will continuously improve

    All functionality of Basic Autopilot and Enhanced Autopilot Autosteer on city streets Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control

    ***The currently enabled features require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous. ***The activation and use of these features are dependent on achieving reliability far in excess of human drivers as demonstrated by billions of miles of experience, as well as regulatory approval, which may take longer in some jurisdictions. As these self-driving features evolve, your car will be continuously upgraded through over-the-air software updates.

    I’ve highlighted the appropriate section for you.

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    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A small print disclaimer doesn’t undo years of marketing your cars as fully self driving

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