The senators claim Tesla may not be fully representing Autopilot's capabilities in its marketing messages.
David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesover the company's advertising of its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving, or FSD, technology.Wednesday to probe Tesla for "potentially deceptive and unfair practices" in its marketing of those technologies.The letter comes two days after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
"We fear that Tesla's Autopilot and FSD features are not as mature and reliable as the company pitches to the public," they wrote, pointing to comments from CEO Elon Musk as well as a 2019 YouTube video entitled "Full Self-Driving" with a link that directs to Tesla's site.
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