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Center for Auto Safety and Consumer Watchdog Request FTC Investigation into Tesla Autopilot

May 23, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Center for Auto Safety and Consumer Watchdog today called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate what they say are dangerously misleading and deceptive advertising and marketing practices and representations made by Tesla Motors, Inc. regarding the safety and capabilities of its Autopilot feature. At least two people are dead and one is injured in the United States as a result of Tesla deceiving and misleading consumers into believing its vehicle’s Autopilot feature is safer and more capable than it is in practice, the public interest groups said in a letter to FTC Chairman Joseph Simons.

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