The warning cost businessman Dan O'Dowd 3.8 million kroner because it was broadcast in prime time on American TV. Namely during this year's Superbowl final.
The American businessman Dan O'Dowd threw crazy sums on Sunday last week after a warning against Tesla.
In prime time on American television – namely during the Super Bowl final – Dan O'Dowd was sent an advertisement in which he warns against Tesla's popular equipment – "Autopilot".
CNN writes that.
– Tesla has failed time and time again to correct the errors in its defective self-correcting software, explains the businessman according to CNN.
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However, there may also have been something completely different than just concern for fellow human beings that prompted O'Dowd to issue the warning on Sunday.
He is both founder and director of the company Green Hills Software, which makes a living by supplying software for self-driving cars.
It is not the first time that Dan O'Dowd has used the Super Bowl as a starting point to warn against Tesla. He did exactly the same during the telecast of the final last year.
However, there may also be something about Dan O'Dowd's criticism. According to The Washington Post, Tesla's self-driving technology can be directly linked to 17 deaths.
The autopilot in Tesla also receives a lot of other criticism. Among other things, for being 'blind'. Read more about it here .