Analysis | Tesla’s tale of woes in the U.S. and China
The Hindu
Tesla maker is at a critical juncture, and has to re-evaluate its technology and market, while responding to regulators in the U.S. and China. And it looks like the EV maker is facing a moment when autopilot may not be the best mode to engage.
Elon Musk’s car company is under the scanner in the world’s first and second largest economies, U.S. and China. And Musk’s troubles are not the same in these two different geographies. In the U.S., California’s motor vehicles regulator said on Monday it by promoting its cars as fully autonomous when they are not legally fully autonomous. Tesla advertises ‘Full Self-Driving’ (FSD) option for $10,000 on its website, and the same site says that the company’s cars can’t drive themselves. Last week, a report by legal data provider PlainSite noted that the EV maker’s plan to sell an FSD option may not happen in 2021.
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