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Looming over Two Cases Threatening Musk's Tesla Is a Single Question: Can He Be Trusted?
MIAMI, FLORIDA AND OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, JUL 21 – Two lawsuits challenge Tesla's Autopilot claims after fatal crashes, with regulators seeking to suspend sales in California and Miami case set to continue for two weeks.
- Facing separate trials, Elon Musk fought court cases on opposite US coasts, raising questions about his trustworthiness.
- In California, a court filing claims Autopilot and Full Self-Driving feature names are misleading, after regulators sought regulatory action following this allegation.
- The trial, George McGee said `'I trusted the technology too much,'` and the case is expected to continue for two more weeks.
- A hit to its safety reputation threatens a driverless robotaxi rollout by next year, and regulators argue Tesla exaggerated Autopilot claims, risking legal and financial fallout.
- Legal filings suggest that California Department of Motor Vehicles is arguing before an administrative judge that Tesla misled drivers with Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features, indicating potential future regulatory penalties.
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Two court cases against Elon Musk are putting Tesla’s self-driving tech in the spotlight, again
Elon Musk fought court cases on opposite coasts Monday, raising a question about the billionaire that could either speed his plan to put self-driving Teslas on U.S. roads or throw up a major roadblock: Can this wildly successful man who tends to exaggerate really be trusted?In Miami, a Tesla driver who has admitted he was wrong to reach for a dropped cell phone moments before a deadly accident, spoke of the danger of putting too much faith in Mu…
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