Tesla has become the target of a class action lawsuit that already involves thousands of drivers who claim they were “deceived” by the company’s advertisements related to its autopilot system.
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O Full Self-Driving (FSD), the company’s autonomous driving system Teslahas already been the target of several legal actions, including some collisions that resulted in deaths.
Now, drivers Tesla Those who purchased the FSD package banded together to sue the company for its “empty promises” regarding the feature’s capabilities.
In 2016, the Tesla stated that all vehicles produced from that point on would have “all the hardware for fully autonomous driving.”
But in early 2025, even Elon Musk admitted that the Hardware 3 (HW3) self-driving computer would not be able to drive itself without supervision.
While he initially claimed that the Tesla would equip vehicles with new hardware capable of driving completely autonomously, 10 months have passed and there has been no update on the topic.
Australia’s class action, launched in February, already involves “thousands of Australians”, revealed Rebecca Jancauskasdirector of the company leading the process.
“Tesla has made promises about the safety, performance and features of its vehicles, such as Full Self-Drivingbut we discovered that many of these promises are not being fulfilled,” she told News Corp Australia.
The lawsuit seeks “a financial settlement that adequately compensates Australian consumers for what they thought they were receiving but in fact did not receive”.
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