Lawsuit targets 2016 claim that all Tesla cars "have full self-driving hardware."
  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    114·
    6 months ago

    Yes and in 2019 Musk’s claims went even further, when he claimed it was stupid to buy anything but Tesla, because next year (2020) You would be able to make money on it as a RoboTaxi. As I recall it was $200,000.- you should be able to make on a Tesla per year!!! Why he sold them then is a bit strange?
    He also claimed that instead of losing value, a Tesla would increase as much as five times in value in a year, because FSD was worth that much.

    How this man hasn’t been jailed for fraud years ago is beyond me, I could understand if USA was a corrupt country for the rich…
    oh… Never mind.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        6 months ago

        Yes with Starlink which the military threatened they might nationalize if Musk sabotaged Ukraine access again.
        I honestly don’t think Musk’s value as a military contractor is very high, and probably (hopefully) not enough to protect him from criminal liability.

  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    6 months ago

    The part of the claim here where they wouldn’t upgrade the cameras is a part that I’m highly interested in.

    I don’t expect tesla to upgrade any hardware beyond what they believe is required which they claim hardware 3 is.

    But the moment a hardware 3 car can’t flip a switch and become level 3/4 SAE autonomous and a hardware 4, 5, 6 or whatever it is if/when solved is required, I think there’s a massive lawsuit there unless Tesla somehow upgrades the cars.

    Suddenly the car didn’t come with the hardware required and can’t function as described, especially back when it was announced.

    Tesla will say, oh we’ll get it working on HW3 next year… and try to kick the can to avoid liability, but I don’t think that will work long.

    Edit: and as per the ruling, it sounds like the new knowledge that the car can’t on HW3 but can on others, would trigger new knowledge opening up past the statute of limitations

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 months ago

    Sorry Tesla but every captcha about bicycles and street lights was just too good an opportunity to be bad! LOL … bicycle! 🚲 Nah! That’s just 🛣️ road! Continue!

  • Everythingispenguins@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    6 months ago

    I bet if this goes to trial his lawyers are just going to argue that no reasonable person would believe these claims. That is just hyperbole there for it is not fraud.