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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Woes

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Woes

Cost cutting, regulators, and Elon’s obsession with Twitter have cast doubt on Tesla’s promise of a fully autonomous vehicle.

What Next | Daily News and Analysis · Slate Podcasts

March 26, 202329m 27s

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Show Notes

Elon Musk has been promising fully self-driving Teslas to the public for years and the beta version of Full Self-Driving is already in over 300,000 cars. But as a recent recall attests, the software still isn’t ready to take the wheel—and Musk himself may be a big reason why. 


Guest: Faiz Siddiqui, tech reporter for the Washington Post


Host: Lizzie O’Leary


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