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Consumer Reports Calls for Tesla to Disable AutoPilot

July 14, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

“Consumers should never be guinea pig for vehicle safety ‘beta’ programs”

In one of the most critical comments issued in the wake of Tesla’s announcement that the  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was launching an investigation into the vehicle manufacturer’s Autopilot semi-autonomous driving feature following a fatal crash in May, Consumer Reports has called for the company to disable the feature in customer’s cars.

Consumer Reports Tesla ScreenshotIn a post, Tesla’s Autopilot: Too Much Autonomy Too Soon,  the non-profit provider of consumer product testing and ratings called into question both Tesla’s marketing of the feature and the rollout of what Tesla

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