14-07-2016 19:44 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Influential consumer magazine urges Tesla to disable Autopilot steering

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer Reports magazine on Thursday urged Tesla Motors Inc to disable the automatic steering function on its electric vehicles and change the name of its Autopilot driving-assist system, which is under investigation after a driver was killed while using it. Consumer Reports, which has 8 million subscribers and influences buyer decisions with its annual vehicle ratings, said the Autopilot name promotes "a potentially dangerous assumption" that the vehi
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