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Elon Musk’s Self-Driving Tesla Claims Face Legal Heat

For almost ten years, Elon Musk has insisted Teslas could fully drive themselves. They still can’t — and now California regulators, a Miami jury, and a newly approved class-action lawsuit are holding him accountable.

A federal judge in San Francisco has allowed Tesla owners to move forward with a class-action case accusing Musk and the company of exaggerating the self-driving capabilities of its vehicles since 2016. This marks another setback for Musk’s efforts to rebrand Tesla as a leader in AI and autonomous technology, especially as its EV sales sharply decline.

Back in 2016, Musk promised that Tesla cars already had all the hardware needed to eventually function as fully autonomous vehicles — a pledge now under scrutiny.