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Engineer Testifies That Tesla Self-Driving Promotional Video Was Staged

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Engineer Testifies That Tesla Self-Driving Promotional Video Was Staged

Engineer Testifies That Tesla Self-Driving Promotional Video Was Staged

Engineer Testifies That , Tesla Self-Driving , Promotional Video Was Staged.

NBC reports that a 2016 Tesla video used to promote its self-driving technology was allegedly staged to demonstrate capabilities that the system did not have.

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According to the testimony of a senior engineer, the video was released in October 2016 and promoted as evidence that the technology works.

Ashok Elluswamy, director of Autopilot software at Tesla, says that the Model X used in the video was not driving itself with deployed Tesla technology.

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Elluswamy's July deposition was taken as evidence in part of a lawsuit against Tesla for a fatal 2018 crash involving a former Apple engineer.

Elluswamy's July deposition was taken as evidence in part of a lawsuit against Tesla for a fatal 2018 crash involving a former Apple engineer.

NBC reports that the video in question is still archived on Tesla's website.

The video's tagline claims that , “The person in the driver’s seat is only there for legal reasons.

He is not doing anything.

The car is driving itself.”.

However, according to Elluswamy, the video was created by using 3D mapping on a predetermined route.

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Elluswamy's testimony also reportedly details how drivers intervened to take control of cars used in the test runs.

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According to Elluswamy's testimony, when trying to demonstrate the Model X's ability to park itself without a driver, the car crashed into a fence in the Tesla parking lot.

The company's website also states that Tesla technology is designed to assist with driving and emphasizes that the features , “do not make the vehicle autonomous.”


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