Tesla sued in China over misleading Full Self-Driving claims
Seven Tesla owners sued the company's Chinese subsidiary for fraud, alleging that Full Self-Driving features purchased for 56,000 yuan remained non-functional after five years, delivering only basic highway automation. The case, filed in June 2025, was accepted by Beijing Daxing District People's Court and awaits trial.
What happened
Seven Tesla owners who purchased Full Self-Driving (FSD) functionality sued Tesla Auto Sales Service (Beijing) Co., Ltd for fraud in June 2025, claiming the promised capabilities were not delivered. The cases were accepted for filing in August 2025 by Beijing Daxing District People's Court and are awaiting trial.
One plaintiff purchased FSD with HW3.0 hardware for 56,000 yuan in 2019, expecting features like autonomous parking lot summons and full self-driving capability. After more than five years, the system could only perform automatic lane changes and following on highways. In February 2025, Tesla renamed FSD from 'Full Self-Driving Capability' to 'FSD Intelligent Assisted Driving Function' and limited it to vehicles with HW4.0 hardware, excluding HW3.0 vehicles from updates.
Reported impact
The plaintiffs requested Tesla refund the FSD purchase price and pay triple the purchase amount as compensation. One plaintiff called the functionality 'extremely useless' after spending 56,000 yuan on a feature that did not perform as promised.
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