Tesla Engineer Says ‘Full Self-Driving’ Name Isn’t Meant To Trick Buyers

Tesla is facing questioning in a trial after a Model 3 owner was killed in a 2019 crash

An engineer from Tesla has asserted that the car manufacturer did not name its suite of automated driving functions as ‘Full Self-Driving’ in an intentional move to make customers believe the system is more advanced than it currently is. Tesla’s Autopilot system is the focus of an ongoing trial in the United States, triggered by a lawsuit that claims the driver of a Model 3 was killed after the system caused him to veer off a highway and hit a tree.

Tesla engineer Eloy Rubio Blanco took the stand last week. He denied assertions from Lee’s attorney that the name Full Self-Driving was chosen to fool the public. “Do I think our drivers think that our vehicles are autonomous? No,” Blanco told the court. Read: U.S. Opens Special Investigation Over Autopilot Use In Fatal Tesla Crash Tesla had asked for Blanco’s testimony to be kept private due to concerns about trade secrets.

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