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Tesla Analyst Nearly Crashes While Using ‘Full Self-Driving’

  • William Stein of Truist takes system for multiple test drives
  • EV maker is ‘not even close’ to solving autonomy, he says
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Elon Musk has said during Tesla Inc.’s last two earnings calls that investors won’t understand the company unless they’re using the driver-assistance system marketed as Full Self-Driving.

William Stein, a Truist Securities analyst with a hold rating on Tesla’s stock, took this as his cue to test-drive one of the carmaker’s vehicles, and narrowly avoided a crash.