Owners of Tesla cars can now play video games while driving their vehicles following the company’s latest update, with Elon Musk’s business accused of encouraging driver distraction and endangering them and other road users.
The infotainment touchscreen panel that sits in the middle of the dashboard – and which in the latest models has a whopping 17-inch display, bigger than most laptop screens – has been capable of being used to play video games for a while now when the vehicle is in park mode.
But the New York Times reports that following an over-the-air software update released to most vehicles over the summer, those games as well as a number of new titles can now be played while the vehicle is in motion – leading to criticism of the company by safety bodies in the US, which have already raised major concerns over the vehicles’ Autopilot mode.
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