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[–] Fake4000@lemmy.world 128 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Because a bunch of idiots take their hands off their steering wheel and think Elmo's car is 100% safe.

[–] jettrscga@lemmy.world 97 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's probably because Elon's literally been trying to sell their autopilot as fully autonomous for at least 7 years now.

History of their self-driving claims

May 2016 someone dies using autopilot

November 2016 Tesla publishes video of self-driving with no hands on wheel

Class action lawsuit

More people die

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

They've been convince of it by that very man.