Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd comments on NHTSA’s investigation into Tesla’s deployment of its Cybercab vehicles just one day after the driverless, steering-wheel-free robotaxis debuted on public roads. Dan’s comments were published on 04 September 2026, and can be read here. Dan O’Dowd commented: “Tesla has a long history of ignoring regulatory authorities,”…
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd was interviewed on the risks of commercial driverless vehicles, which rely on software that is easy to hack and was never built to safety-critical standards. Dan’s comments were published on 30 August 2026, and can be read here. Dan O’Dowd commented: “Connecting a safety-critical system such as a…
Dan O’Dowd, Founder of The Dawn Project, was interviewed for Intelligent Machines, part of the This Week in Tech podcast, about the critical risk posed by cybersecurity vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure. Dan explained how lax cybersecurity standards and the adoption of Silicon Valley’s “move fast and break things” software development philosophy has left critical systems…
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd comments on the DOT’s proposal to no longer require brake pedals in exclusively autonomous vehicles in Business Insider. Dan’s comments were published on 26 June 2026, and can be read here. Dan O’Dowd commented: “Tesla’s ‘Robotaxis’ are nowhere near the reliability level required to remove the brake pedal,”…
Reuters covers The Dawn Project’s safety tests of Tesla FSD and Super Bowl commercials in its investigation into Tesla’s deceptive self-driving safety statistics. Reuters’ article was published on 28 May 2026, and can be read here. Why Tesla’s AI trainers don’t trust its self-driving tech – or its safety stats Tesla says its Full Self-Driving…
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd was interviewed by NBC about a Tesla owner’s lawsuit against the automaker over Elon Musk’s false promise of a self-driving car. Dan’s interview was published on 23 April 2026, and can be seen here. Dan O’Dowd commented: “It’s clear they don’t know how to do it, if they…
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd comments on Texas’s regulation of self-driving vehicles with a new state permit system in ABC Austin. Dan’s comments were published on 22 April 2026, and can be read here. Dan O’Dowd commented: “Texas is right to introduce more stringent regulatory requirements for AVs. Other states like California have…
In an interview with Benzinga, The Dawn Project founder Dan O’Dowd analysed the findings of The Dawn Projects tests, which reveal that Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software is riddled with safety critical defects.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd comments on Tesla Full Self-Driving’s approval in the Netherlands in TechRadar. Dan’s comments were published on 13 April 2026, and can be read here. Dan O’Dowd commented: “The RDW’s decision is deeply troubling given Tesla FSD’s myriad of well-documented safety defects. “59 people have been killed in over…
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd was interviewed as part of a feature by Business Insider on self-driving vehicles. Business Insider also featured The Dawn Project’s tests extensively in its investigative piece on the dangers of self-driving technology.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd was interviewed by WIRED for its article on the Tesla Cult. The article was published on 16 March 2026 and can be read here. This month,Tesla customers erupted in outrage over what some called a “bait and switch” by the electric vehicle manufacturer. Initially, the company had offered to transfer the…
Jalopnik covers The Dawn Project’s testing in its piece on FSD blowing through railroad crossing barriers.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd’s comments on Tesla Robotaxi’s in Fortune.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd discussed Waymo’s expansion and Tesla’s lack of an autonomous robotaxi service in GB News.
All-in Tesla Cultists boast about their Tesla investments, but in reality the S&P 500 grew 84% in the last five years, while Tesla only grew 59%, underperforming the S&P 500 significantly. Tesla’s sales have declined for the last two years in a row, its market share plunging while BYD becomes the largest EV maker in…
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd was interviewed by NBC News about The Dawn Project’s campaign and Tesla FSD’s critical safety defects. Dan’s interview with Scott McGrew on NBC News was broadcast on 11 January 2026, and can be viewed here.
For 12 consecutive years, Elon Musk has promised investors and consumers that Teslas would be capable of Full Self-Driving within a year. Watch Musk’s countless lies about the deployment of Unsupervised Full Self-Driving:
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd was profiled by The Telegraph as part of a feature on self-driving systems on British Roads.
Dan O’Dowd, the Founder of The Dawn Project, commented on Tesla’s driver monitoring system in BBC News.
Elon Musk has for many years used misleading names for Tesla’s products to fan excitement and pump its stock price. In reality, Tesla’s Full Self-Driving and Autopilot softwares are nowhere near close to full autonomy, and the company does not have a Robotaxi.
Elon Musk has claimed that legacy media’s reporting about his companies are “lies,” but many reports regarding Tesla, SpaceX and more are alarmingly true. Watch how Musk lies about the media’s reporting on his companies:
In November 2017, Elon Musk unveiled the new Tesla Roadster, claiming that it would accelerate from zero to 60 in 1.9 seconds and the top speed would be over 250 miles per hour. At the end of the demonstration, he claimed the Roadster would be available in 2020. Musk and Tesla took millions of dollars…
Elon Musk called Tesla’ Optimus the “most sophisticated humanoid robot on earth,” but real-life demonstrations of Optimus show otherwise. The Dawn Project attended Tesla’s recent demonstration of Optimus serving popcorn and revealed that the event was completely staged, with Tesla employees admitting the humanoid robot was teleoperated. Elon Musk says that Optimus will make Tesla…
Elon Musk has said “the right metric for intelligence is the ability to predict the future, if your predictions are not that good, you’re not that smart.” Musk’s 2025 predictions, from 1,000 deployed Tesla Robotaxis to 10,000 Optimus robots assisting in Tesla factories. By his own reasoning, Elon is not that smart.
The Dawn Project founder Dan O’Dowd’s viral X video of a Tesla Robotaxi safety driver asleep in San Francisco was featured in Benzinga. O’Dowd called out Elon Musk on FSD safety risks ahead of Tesla’s plans to remove all human oversight.
While Waymo has deployed thousands of robotaxis across America, Tesla has yet to deploy a single autonomous robotaxi. Waymo’s fleet continues to expand and operate autonomously in multiple American cities, while Tesla’s “Robotaxis” still operate with a supervisor in the front seat. Watch how Tesla’s dual city deployment compares to Waymo’s large-scale operation:
The Dawn Project’s recent testing of Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1.4 found that the latest version still ignores railroad crossings and tries to drive across the tracks when there is a train approaching. During The Dawn Project’s testing, FSD attempted to drive through a railroad crossing with its red lights flashing, forcing our safety driver to…
After Elon Musk claimed that Tesla would “never surrender/settle an unjust case against us, even if we will probably lose,” Tesla has settled a litany of wrongful death cases involving its defective self-driving software. These settlements demonstrate Tesla admitting its software was at fault in these fatal collisions.
Dan O’Dowd explains the dangers of Tesla’s new “Mad Max” profile for Full Self-Driving following a number of videos showing FSD speeding.
Tesla’s 2016 “Paint it Black” video showed a Tesla autonomously navigating a commute. This video turned out to be a blatant fraud, with Tesla hardcoding the autonomous drive of the vehicle in the demonstration. After nine years of development, Tesla’s newest version of Full Self-Driving, version 14, still requires human intervention to prevent the software…