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Tesla’s Autopilot misleading because humans still in control: Pete Buttigieg
NY Post ^ | 05/11/2023 | AP

Posted on 05/11/2023 12:22:07 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Tesla shouldn’t be calling its partially automated driving system Autopilot because the cars can’t drive themselves, the top US transportation official says.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says he’s concerned about Tesla’s marketing of the system, which is under investigation by his department in connection with crashes that have caused at least 14 deaths.

“I don’t think that something should be called, for example, an Autopilot, when the fine print says you need to have your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road at all times,” Buttigieg said in an interview with The Associated Press.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, an agency within Buttigieg’s department, has sent investigative teams to more than 30 crashes since 2016 in which Teslas suspected of operating on Autopilot or its more sophisticated automated Full Self-Driving system have struck pedestrians, motorcyclists, semi-trailers and parked emergency vehicles.

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KEYWORDS: autopilot; buttigieg; misleading; telsa
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He has the IQ of a snail


21 posted on 05/11/2023 3:56:18 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Pete, why don’t you STFU


22 posted on 05/11/2023 3:59:13 PM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Saying man can have babies is misleading too, Peter.


23 posted on 05/11/2023 5:55:27 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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