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Tesla recalls nearly all vehicles sold in US to fix system that monitors drivers using Autopilot (apnews.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Tesla recalls nearly all vehicles sold in US to fix system that monitors drivers using Autopilot::Tesla is recalling nearly all vehicles sold in the U.S., more than 2 million, to update software and fix a defective system when using Autopilot.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 11 months ago (16 children)

The attempt to address the flaws in Autopilot seemed like a case of too little, too late to Dillon Angulo, who was seriously injured in 2019 crash involving a Tesla that was using the technology along a rural stretch of Florida highway where the software isn’t supposed to be deployed.

"This technology is not safe, we have to get it off the road,” said Angulo, who is suing Tesla as he recovers from injuries that included brain trauma and broken bones. “The government has to do something about it. We can’t be experimenting like this.”

This is the important part, it's not just Tesla not giving a shit about their customers safety, it's dangerous to literally anyone in the same road as a Tesla

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

This case went to trial already and the jury sided with Tesla because the driver was holding his foot on the accelerator to override cruise control, ignored the vehicles warnings, drove through numerous flashing lights, crashed through a stop sign, and then hit the couple, later stating “I expect to be the driver and be responsible for this… I was highly aware that was still my responsibility to operate the vehicle safely." Any vehicle is capable of doing this with a reckless driver behind the wheel.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You may be confused, there's a lot of Tesla court cases to keep track of tho, I should have been specific.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/tesla-fights-autopilot-false-advertising-claim-with-free-speech-argument/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You may be confused as I'm referring to the case from Angulo who was being quoted in the above comment.

I don't see how a dispute between the California DMV and Tesla over the terms "Autopilot" and "Full Self Driving" make Autopilot any more dangerous than calling it something else and other companies use similar names like "ProPilot" or "PilotAssist" for their LKAS systems.

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