Electrek: Tesla on self-driving claims: ‘failure to realize long-term, aspirational goal is not fraud’

Lot of backpedaling going on at Tesla. Adding radar - again. And now Tesla is backing away from claims and calling them “aspirations.”

Tesla on self-driving claims: ‘failure to realize long-term, aspirational goal is not fraud’

Calling Tesla’s advertisement that its vehicles will become self-driving a “long-term, aspirational goal” is the most cautious description of the goal from the automaker to date. But the approach will make it difficult for the plaintiffs.

They need to prove that Tesla intentionally misled customers into thinking they were buying vehicles that would become self-driving. They would need to prove that Tesla knew it couldn’t deliver on the promise, which could be difficult to do.

Tesla never promised a specific timeline for delivering on the goal, but CEO Elon Musk previously said that Tesla would achieve self-driving in 2020. The goal has been delayed several times.