Tesla falsified autopilot ad - in reality, the car drove into the fence

Tesla is once again at the center of a scandal. And once again everything revolves around the operation of the system function

driver assistance.

What is known

Back in 2016, Tesla published a video fordemonstration of the autopilot capabilities in the Model X. The video was used by Elon Musk. The head of the company wrote that the electric car drives independently along city streets and parks itself.

As it turned out, in reality behind the wheelelectric crossover Model X is the driver. Moreover, in 2016, the company's cars were not able to automatically stop at a red traffic light and continue moving to a green one.

This was reported by Ashok Elluswamy,director of software for autopilot. He testified in court against Tesla in a fatal crash case that occurred in the spring of 2018. Tesla confirmed that the driver assistance system was on at the time of the accident.

Ashok Elluswami added that during filmingIn the promotional video, the driver took control of the vehicle. When trying to park without the participation of a person, Model X just crashed into a fence in the parking lot. It is also noted that the video was filmed at the request of Elon Musk.