Tesla threatened to sue the initiator of the child dummy test, and autopilot became a safety warning case.

August 26, Beijing time, Tesla has issued a warning letter threatening to sue Green Mountain Software Company (Green Hills Software) and CEO of Project Dawn (Dan O'Dowd) for initiating and financing a national television advertising campaign showing a Tesla car knocking down a child-sized mannequin on a closed test track It is also pointed out that the car has a fully automatic driving system (FSD), which is designed to warn that the system is not safe enough.

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Tesla said in a "stop and stop" warning letter that the provocative advertisement was equivalent to "an error message directed at Tesla" and that the advertisement "claimed that the test abused and distorted Tesla's technical capabilities". Odod's "test is serious deception, probably fraud." Tesla asked Dawn Project to delete the "test runway" video and publicly issue a withdrawal statement disclosing the funding provided by the project for testing and producing commercials. and indicate whether any regulators support the test methods or results of the project.

Dawn Project responded that its test was "completely legal and not deceptive" and called Tesla's warning letter "marketing publicity". Tesla had no comment.