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August 29, 2024

Questions about the safety of Tesla's ‘Full Self-Driving' system are growing

  • A series of alarming recent incidents have drawn the attention of federal regulators.
    • By TOM KRISHER
    AP Auto Writer

    DETROIT — Three times in the past four months, William Stein, a technology analyst at Truist Securities, has taken Elon Musk up on his invitation to try the latest versions of Tesla's vaunted “Full Self-Driving” system.

    A Tesla equipped with the technology, the company says, can travel from point to point with little human intervention. Yet each time Stein drove one of the cars, he said, the vehicle made unsafe or illegal maneuvers. His most recent test-drive earlier this month, Stein said, left his 16-year-old son, who accompanied him, “terrified.”


     
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