Tesla faked a video in 2016 promoting self-driving technology: report

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Tesla faked a 2016 video promoting its self-driving technology, according to a senior company engineer's deposition testimony

Hit play, and chyrons flash against a black screen reading: The person in the driver's seat is only there for legal reasons. He is not doing anything. The car is driving itself.

As"Paint It, Black" by the Rolling Stones plays in the background, the car maneuvers through city roads, highways, and parking lots. Here and there, a man's hands appear, gently cupping the bottom of the steering wheel. to a new report from Reuters. Moments where the car stops at a red light and accelerates at a green light reflect capabilities the vehicle didn't have.

Reuters' report is based on a transcript from Ashok Elluswamy, the director of Autopilot software at Tesla, who was questioned in a deposition in July 2022 that's being used as evidence in a lawsuit against Tesla for a lethal car crash involving a former Apple engineer in 2018,

 

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elonmusk

Just like now it is faking free speech here

Heck of a headline. If it was 2016. Yawn.

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