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Tesla wins again as lawsuit challenging Autopilot claims is dismissed

Corporate “puffery,” not fraud.

Tesla and CEO Elon Musk scored another win Tuesday when a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing them of defrauding shareholders over the safety and effectiveness of the company’s driver-assist technology. US District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin said that plaintiffs failed to prove that Musk acted with “deliberate recklessness” when he claimed that Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving technology could drive safer than humans. Tesla still faces a number of investigations over its self-driving claims, including probes by the California attorney general’s office and the US Department of Justice.

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