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Incident #291·Misinformation

Tesla Allegedly Misled Customers about Autopilot and FSD Capabilities

May 28, 20216 reportsView on AIID

Description

California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) accused Tesla of false advertising in its promotion of Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) technologies, alleging the company to have made untrue or misleading claims with marketing language about the capabilities of its products.

Actors

Alleged Deployers

tesla

Alleged Developers

tesla

Harmed Parties

california-department-of-motor-vehicles
tesla-customers
california-residents

Classification

Risk Domain

Misinformation

Risk Subdomain

3.1. False or misleading information

MIT Risk Profile

HumanIntentionalPost-deployment

Source

Databaseaiid

LicenseCC BY-SA 4.0

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