Sens. Blumenthal, Markey Seek FTC Probe of Tesla Self-Driving Claims
The FTC should investigate Tesla’s “misleading advertising and marketing” of its self-driving features, Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Ed Markey, D-Mass., wrote Chair Lina Khan Wednesday. “Tesla’s marketing has repeatedly overstated the capabilities of its vehicles, and these statements increasingly…
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pose a threat to motorists and other users of the road,” they wrote. No fully self-driving vehicles are on the market, but the company titled a 2019 YouTube video “Full Self-Driving,” they wrote, citing other examples. The company didn’t comment. The FTC confirmed receiving the letter.