Tesla is facing a lawsuit over claims about its self-driving technology after a US judge rejected the company's motion to dismiss the case.
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Although Judge Rita Lin dismissed some of the claims, the order [PDF] clears the way for disgruntled Tesla owners to take action based on the company's increasingly specific boasts about what its cars are capable of and the long-distance driving capabilities that are forever just around the corner.
Judge Lin's ruling states that the claims "may go forward to the extent they rely on representations regarding the car's hardware and implied cross-country ability."
The order is a setback for Tesla, which had compared the claims to a sheet company getting the thread count wrong. Not so, according to the order. "Tesla did not recite the same lie over and over, but allegedly lied about its progress incrementally and with increasing specificity over time."
