Tesla Faces New Investigation In California Over Autopilot Complaints – SlashGear

In addition to contacting the driver who filed the FTC complaint, the California AG investigators also reached out to others, including a former Tesla employee, CNBC claims. This employee isn’t named but is said to have previously made public comments expressing Autopilot/FSD concerns. Though the duration of the alleged investigation is unclear, the report claims that the aforementioned driver was contacted in the second quarter of this year and that the former employee was contacted this month, indicating the investigation is actively underway.

Tesla hasn’t commented on the allegations, but this wouldn’t be the first time the automaker has faced such actions in California. Notably, the California DMV has been investigating Tesla’s Autopilot technology for years and formally accused it of using deceptive marketing practices in 2022. The troubles don’t end there, though. In January 2023, a senior Tesla engineer alleged that a promotional video for Autopilot published in October 2016 was staged. Rather than using Autopilot to intelligently drive itself, the Tesla was supposedly driving through a pre-programmed route. That information was shared as part of a testimony given in a lawsuit filed against Tesla over a fatal car crash that happened in 2018.