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Tesla Owner Claims Car Was Acting Like A 'Drunk Driver' In Autopilot: Here's What Happened

International Business Times

An owner of a Tesla (TSLA) Model 3 has claimed that the electric car performed so poorly using the autopilot feature that it acted like a "drunk novice driver," prompting them to sue the automaker to buy back the EV. A judge from the Darmstadt Regional Court in Germany ordered Tesla to buy back the Model 3 for $76,000 from the unhappy vehicle owner, according to Electrek. Tesla has appealed the court's decision, contending that the autopilot problems could have been relieved with a software upgrade free of charge, German news outlet Spiegel reported. The complaint, according to Spiegel, alleged that the owner of the Model 3 paid nearly $7,000 for the autopilot function, which they claimed "did not work." The plaintiff said that "The steering behavior at entrances and exits or motorway junctions is spongy and resembles that of a'drunk novice driver,'" adding that it did not recognize traffic lights and stop signs, according to Spiegel.