An advertisement promotes Tesla Autopilot at a showroom of U.S. car manufacturer Tesla in Zurich, Switzerland March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
The Autopilot Buddy is marketed as a “nag reduction device” that can fool Tesla Inc’s semi-autonomous driving system to circumvent a warning when a driver’s hands aren’t on the steering wheel, but US regulators have another term for the product: “unacceptable”.
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on June 19 said it was ordering the aftermarket device maker to cease selling the Autopilot Buddy because it could put drivers and others at risk.
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