Tesla Arbitration – DobinLaw, P.S. – Kirkland, WA

I told you so. Remember when I said that Elon Musk’s proposed pay package, which required certain sales goals for FSD, was going to influence how the company behaved? Here it is. Inside EVs is reporting that Tesla is removing features from the “base” Model 3 and Model Y configurations related to the standard autosteer…

One would think that having a large online presence would earn some perks. And it might. Since I’m not a big time online presence (I’m not sure if anyone even reads this blog, other than maybe Tesla’s legal team), I wouldn’t know. But I know a couple people in that space and it seems like…

I know this seems like I’m against Tesla. I’m not. I want Tesla to be truthful about the car’s capabilities and its marketing because, in my opinion, they are not doing so at this time. They have not delivered anything to a retail customer that is fully autonomous. Anyone who bought a car with “Full…

Fully Autonomous Full Self-Driving? Nope. A month ago I wrote a post asking whether Tesla’s strategy was designed to delay. https://teslaarbitration.com/home-page-Tesla-Arbitration/is-teslas-strategy-designed-to-delay/ It turns out that the answer is yes. If you try to order a Tesla with Full Self-Driving today, you can’t buy a car with “Full Self-Driving”, “Full Self-Driving (Unsupervised)” or “Full Self-Driving Capability”.…

A Federal judge in California has certified a class action with two subclasses. What does this mean? First, let’s briefly discuss what a class action is. Under Federal law, a class action can be filed where there is a common claim that can be made by a lot of people that could best be administered…

Fred Lambert, at Electrek.co, did a brilliant job of analyzing Tesla’s conduct in the Key Largo Autopilot wrongful death case. I’ve been involved in cases where you are looking for a needle in a haystack. But usually the needle is in the haystack I’ve been provided. Fred recounts, through a thorough timeline analysis, how Tesla…

By Marc Dobin Introduction: Tesla’s Autonomy Claims vs. Engineering Reality In the world of autonomous driving, terminology matters. Tesla markets its driver assistance package as “Full Self-Driving” (FSD), which strongly suggests that the vehicle can drive itself. But according to the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), which sets the gold standard for defining vehicle automation,…