in its letter, which stated that FSD was "never engaged" during Dawn Project's tests — despite the Dawn Project claiming otherwise.
"The purported tests misuse and misrepresent the capabilities of Tesla’s technology, and disregard widely recognized testing performed by independent agencies as well as the experiences shared by our customers," Tesla deputy general counsel Dinna Eskin wrote in the letter, as quoted byThe letter marks an escalation in Tesla's efforts to manage the public's expectations of its driver-assistance software.
The fact remains: Tesla is testing its unfinished driver assistance feature on public roads, whether other drivers agree with that decision or not. Trying to silence its critics is only bound to draw even more attention to the issue — and that's clearly not in Tesla's best interest.