Regulators are concerned that Tesla’s use of social media and of its website makes false promises about the automaker’s full-self driving (FSD) software.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is concerned that Tesla ’s use of social media and of its website makes false promises about the automaker’s full-self driving software.Recommended Videos NHTSA in October opened an investigation into 2.4 million Tesla vehicles equipped with the FSD software, following three reported collisions and a fatal crash.
Meanwhile, “Tesla’s X account has re-posted or endorsed postings that exhibit disengaged driver behavior,” Gregory Magno, the NHTSA’s vehicle defects chief investigator, wrote to Tesla in an email. In one of a number of Tesla posts on X, the social media platform owned by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, a driver was seen using FSD to reach a hospital while undergoing a heart attack. In another post, a driver said he had used FSD for a 50-minute ride home. Meanwhile, third-party comments on the posts, promoted the advantages of using FSD while under the influence of alcohol or when tired, NHTSA said.
NHTSA has requested that Tesla revisit its communications to ensure its messaging remain consistent with FSD’s approved instructions, namely that the software provides only a driver assist / support system requiring drivers to remain vigilant and maintain constant readiness to intervene in driving.
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