Consumer Report magazine on Thursday called Tesla Motors Inc. to disable one of its advanced driver assistance features until it can update the function to confirm driver’s hands remain on the steering wheel. The magazine also called for Tesla to change the name of its suite of ADAS features, saying that “Autopilot” promotes “a potentially dangerous assumption” that Tesla’s cars can drive on their own. It also suggested an end of “beta” software releases. Tesla cars are at the center of a federal safety investigation following at least two accidents, one of them fatal, related to Autopilot. Shares of Tesla fell 0.2%.
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