Experts: Tesla ‘full self-driving’ vehicles can’t drive themselves


The conflicting messages have experts in the field accusing Tesla of deceptive, irresponsible marketing that could make the roads more dangerous as the system is rolled out to as many as one million electric vehicle drivers by the end of the year. — Reuters

DETROIT: Earlier this week, Tesla sent out its “full self-driving” software to a small group of owners who will test it on public roads. But buried on its website is a disclaimer that the US$8,000 (RM33,188) system doesn’t make the vehicles autonomous and drivers still have to supervise it.

The conflicting messages have experts in the field accusing Tesla of deceptive, irresponsible marketing that could make the roads more dangerous as the system is rolled out to as many as one million electric vehicle drivers by the end of the year.

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