A Beijing court held its first hearing last week in a lawsuit brought by 10 Tesla owners who say the company sold them a lie. The plaintiffs are seeking more than $583,000 in damages, arguing Tesla’s FSD system does not deliver the capabilities implied by the company’s marketing. What makes the timing especially awkward is that just a week before the hearing, Tesla quietly renamed its Full-Self Driving system “Tesla Assisted Driving” in the Chinese market, a smoking gun if there ever was one.
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China’s FSD Problem Has Been Brewing Since 2019The plaintiffs each paid around $7,800 for Tesla’s FSD package between 2019 and 2021. They allege that Tesla sales staff and CEO Elon Musk assured them “full self-driving” capability was imminent and that the price would increase, motivating them …
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Author: Simran Rastogi
