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…
Watch Elon Musk’s false promises about FSD’s safety improving with each passing version of the software Elon Musk and Tesla’s leadership have falsely claimed for years that each version of Tesla FSD would be better than the last. Through The Dawn Project’s testing, we have documented every version from version 12 to version 13.2.9 making…
The Dawn Project has conducted a ridealong with Forbes, demonstrating several critical safety defects in Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software.
The Dawn Project’s viral Full-Self Driving demonstration in Austin has been mentioned in KXAN’s timeline of the city’s autonomous vehicle history.
Dan O’Dowd comments on Tesla redacting information regarding its robotaxi crashes when reporting them to NHTSA, in Benzinga.
Dan O’Dowd comments on the dangers of Tesla testing its experimental self-driving software on Austin’s public roads, in Austin Monthly.
Dan O’Dowd comments on this month’s Electronic Vehicle Intelligence Report which has shown that consumers do not trust Tesla FSD in Futurism.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd discussed NHTSA launching an investigation into Tesla reporting crashes involving its self-driving software to the regulator months after they occurred.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd comments on Elon Musk’s lies about Tesla Full Self-Driving in Forbes.
Dan O’Dowd comments on a Florida jury ruling that Tesla should pay $243m in compensation for a fatal crash involving its Autopilot software.
Dan O’Dowd comments on Tesla’s launch of its supervised “Robotaxis” in San Francisco in The Register.
Dan O’Dowd speaks with the Arizona Mirror about the dangers of Tesla’s ‘Robotaxis’ ahead of its plans to launch its service in Arizona.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd was interviewed by CNN about The Dawn Project’s campaign to ban Tesla Full Self-Driving.
The Dawn Project discusses its analysis of the Tesla Robotaxi launch, which showed that Tesla has already committed safety critical errors.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd was interviewed by CNBC about The Dawn Project’s safety tests of Tesla FSD.
Public safety advocacy group The Dawn Project collaborated with Tesla Takedown to demonstrate the critical safety defects of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software in a live demonstration in Austin, Texas.
FOX Business interviews Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd about The Dawn Project.
Dan O’Dowd discussed Tesla’s planned robotaxi service in Rolling Stone.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd was interviewed by Italian primetime investigative show “100 Minuti” to discuss the dangers of Tesla Full Self-Driving.
The Dawn Project’s latest testing of Tesla FSD’s ability to recognize a stopped school bus with its lights flashing and stop sign extended has been covered in Jalopnik.
The Dawn Project’s latest safety tests reveal that Tesla Full Self-Driving continues to make safety critical errors.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd comments on Tesla Full Self-Driving’s litany of critical safety defects ahead of Tesla’s upcoming robotaxi launch.
Elon has spent years making and breaking promises about the Tesla Semi, just like his broken promises about Full Self-Driving.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd comments on the danger of Tesla Full Self-Driving in The Times of London.
Further to Tesla facing a class action on its EV range claims, The Dawn Project has tested whether Tesla overstates the range for its 2023 Model Y.
The Dawn Project has identified that Elon’s Department of Government Efficiency has failed to achieve its $2 trillion savings goal.
Elon Musk has made a litany of false promises about the Cybertruck since its 2019 unveil, leading to expectations which Tesla has failed to meet.
Dawn Project safety testing of Tesla’s FSD v13.2.8 shows that it will still commit egregious driving errors which endanger road users.
Despite Elon Musk’s 2019 claim that Teslas would not depreciate, the value of its models have been in freefall.
Despite Elon Musk claiming to be a “free speech absolutist”, he has been shown to use threats to intimidate the government and others who disparage him and his companies.
Autoevolution has covered The Dawn Project’s recreation of Mark Rober’s test showing that Tesla Vision cannot detect a wall which is painted like the road.
The Dawn Project’s testing has shown that Tesla’s Driver Monitoring System still fails to detect when the driver is not paying attention.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd analyses the damaging effect of Elon Musk’s politics on Tesla’s reputation.
Founder of The Dawn Project, Dan O’Dowd, was interviewed by International Policy Digest, disproving the narratives Elon Musk has fabricated about his companies, including Tesla, and personal life.
The Dawn Project’s recent testing of Tesla Full Self-Driving v13.2.7 has found that the latest version is still unable to drive without committing a litany of safety errors.
Public safety advocacy group The Dawn Project has revealed the findings of its safety tests of Tesla Full Self-Driving version 13. The tests reveal that Full Self-Driving will illegally blow past stopped school buses with their stop signs extended and red lights flashing, and will run down a child crossing the road in front of the bus.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd was interviewed by International Policy Digest about The Dawn Project and its safety tests of Tesla Full Self-Driving.
The Dawn Project has tested Tesla’s latest Full Self-Driving version 13.2.2, and has found that it still commits a litany of safety critical defects while driving.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd discusses NHTSA’s latest recall of 239,382 Teslas over a power shorting malfunction which could result in the vehicle losing access to the rearview camera image.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd highlights the defects in Tesla’s self-driving systems, following NHTSA’s announcement that it has opened a preliminary investigation into Actual Smart Summon.
The Dawn Project’s testing of Tesla’s driver monitoring system has demonstrated that a human doesn’t even need to be in the driver’s seat to take over.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd examines the disappointing reveal of Tesla’s Robotaxi at Warner Bros Studio in the national press.
Tesla’s lead cultist Omar Qazi has claimed that Tesla Full Self-Driving v12 has solved autonomy, despite The Dawn Project’s testing proving this is not true.
For ten years, Elon Musk has promised the world that Tesla is on the verge of solving autonomy. Tesla still isn’t close. After years of failure, in 2023 Musk announced Full Self-Driving Version 12, which he promised to be the savior of Tesla’s woeful self-driving project.
Hype around Silicon Valley’s shiny new Artificial “Intelligence” systems has become a frenzy. The Magnificent Seven are puring billions of dollars into developing AI-powered systems But hidden in the fine print is a damning admission from Big Tech that their AI is useless.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd examines how software vulnerabilities in America’s critical infrastructure have made us vulnerable to a cyberattack of unimaginable proportions, in International Policy Digest.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd examines the danger of using bug ridden commercial grade software in critical infrastructure.
Tesla has a rich history of staging and faking demonstration videos of its products. Its Full Self-Driving software, which Elon admitted is “really the difference between Tesla being worth a lot of money or worth basically zero” and the automaker is now relying on to realize its dreams of autonomy, is built on a lie.
Automated Vehicles Act is a crucial step but the government must continue the good work — particularly as self-driving cars hit the tarmac, writes Dan O’Dowd
The Dawn Project examines the conclusion of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s investigation into the safety risks posed by Tesla’s self-driving software.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd examines the character and credibility of Warren Redlich following their recent debate about the danger of Tesla’s defective Full Self-Driving software on an X Spaces call.
Dan O’Dowd, Founder of The Dawn Project, discusses the dangers of Elon Musk recklessly applying Silicon Valley development methodology to safety critical software.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd comments on NHTSA investigating whether Tesla’s December recall of its driver monitoring system was effective.
Santa Barbara, CA – The Dawn Project is issuing a safety warning to all Tesla owners: you will soon be given a free month of Tesla’s defective Full Self-Driving (FSD) software. You will be told that the car can now “drive itself almost anywhere with minimal driver intervention”. That is a lie, do not turn…
Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) failed to pass a DMV driving test administered by a professional driving instructor, new tests conducted by The Dawn Project have revealed. This unequivocally disproves Elon Musk’s claim that Tesla Full Self-Driving is four times safer than a human driving by themselves. FSD is a much worse driver than a 16-year-old…
Problems are piling up in Elon Musk’s empire, but the boss is undeterred. Some now see the eccentric multi-billionaire at the top as more of a liability than an asset. Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” software is immature and extremely dangerous, says O’Dowd. It drives the car “like a drunk teenager.” The billionaire has made this fight his mission.
Problems are piling up in Elon Musk’s empire, but the boss is undeterred. Some now see the eccentric multi-billionaire at the top as more of a liability than an asset. Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” software is immature and extremely dangerous, says O’Dowd. It drives the car “like a drunk teenager.” The billionaire has made this fight his mission.
Dan O’Dowd analyses Tesla’s inadequate engineering testing of Full Self-Driving and explains why it cannot be considered beta software.
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd joined Liz Claman on Fox Business to discuss The Dawn Project’s recent Super Bowl LVIII commercials and the dangers of Tesla’s self-driving software. The Dawn Project recently broadcast two commercials during Super Bowl LVIII calling on consumers to boycott Tesla over the litany of safety defects in the…
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd was interviewed on CNBC discussing The Dawn Project’s latest Super Bowl commercials calling for the American public to boycott Tesla. Dan’s interview was broadcast on CNBC on 12 February 2024 and can be viewed here and below: Dan’s interview follows The Dawn Project’s recent Super Bowl commercials calling…
The Dawn Project’s two latest Super Bowl commercials, this year calling on the American public to boycott Tesla, have been covered in The Washington Post. The Washington Post’s article was published on 11 February 2024, and can be found here. ‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl A California tech entrepreneur is paying…
Why The Dawn Project is Now Calling for a Boycott of Tesla The Dawn Project has conclusively proven that Tesla’s self-driving software will: Run down a child crossing the road Blow past a stopped school bus Ignore ‘Do Not Enter’ and ‘Road Closed’ signs Hit a baby in a stroller 90% of people agree that…
Tesla’s statistics on Full Self-Driving’s mileage show that customers are only using the software 14.6% of the time. In Tesla’s latest Q4 2023 earnings call, Elon Musk said that 400,000 customers were using Full Self-Driving. This is the same number that Tesla reported a year ago in its Q4 2022 update. In the nine months…
Tesla supporters frequently point to Euro New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP)’s tests of Tesla vehicles to claim that Tesla vehicles are far safer than other manufacturers, and that Tesla’s active safety systems protect those around them. Elon Musk himself has relied on Euro NCAP’s testing videos, who gave the 2022 Tesla Model Y a five…
Recalling almost every Tesla in America won’t fix safety issues, experts say – The Washington Post
SANTA BARBARA, CA Software expert Dan O’Dowd, Founder of safety advocacy group The Dawn Project, has today commented on NHTSA’s recall of over two million Tesla vehicles, saying that the recall does not go far enough to address critical safety issues in Tesla’s self-driving software. Commenting on NHTSA’s recall, Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd said:…
The Dawn Project’s most recent safety tests revealing that Tesla’s driver monitoring system will frequently fail to register the presence of a distracted driver and performs much worse than Ford and GM’s systems have been featured in Autoevolution. The Dawn Project’s tests were published in Autoevolution on 16 November 2023, and can be found here.…
Santa Barbara, CA – New safety tests conducted by The Dawn Project have revealed that Tesla’s driver monitoring system consistently fails to register the presence of a distracted driver across a number of test scenarios. In tests, Tesla’s system also compared poorly to GM’s SuperCruise, and Ford’s BlueCruise driver monitoring systems. Video: The Dawn Project…
Dan O’Dowd, Founder of The Dawn Project, comments on Tesla’s manipulation of the legal system to defend its defective self-driving software, and to keep information about fatal crashes hidden, in International Policy Digest. This article was published in International Policy Digest on 9 November 2023, and can be found here. In 2019, Micah Lee’s Tesla…
Politico has covered Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd’s ride-along with legislators, which revealed the dangers of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software. The Dawn Project’s ride alongs were covered on 9 November 2023 in Politico, and can be found here. Politico reported on Dan and The Dawn Project’s ongoing campaign to ban Tesla’s dangerous and…
Founder of The Dawn Project, Dan O’Dowd, has recently been interviewed by The Primary Loop for Engineering.com to discuss the risks of hackable autonomous systems and how to ensure that they are safe. Dan’s interview was published on 5 November 2023, and can be found here. Dan discussed the vulnerabilities of code which is used…
Omar Qazi is a pathological liar. He cares nothing for the truth. He only cares about pumping up the value of his Tesla stock. He makes up the most scurrilous lies from whole cloth and broadcasts them across the Internet to intimidate those who question Musk’s genius.
Dan O’Dowd interviewed by Benzinga discussing The Dawn Project’s recent safety tests of Tesla Full Self-Driving and his ongoing social media clashes with Elon Musk and his supporters
Santa Barbara, CA – Safety Advocacy Group The Dawn Project has today published footage of Tesla Full Self-Driving failing to handle the simple “drive to work” showcased by Tesla in a 2016 video which falsely claimed to show the capabilities of its self-driving software. In 2016 Tesla showcased a journey from a residential address in…
Nobody can replicate @WholeMarsBlog’s zero-intervention Tesla Full Self-Driving drives. So we decided to investigate. It turns out Omar Qazi, the pathological liar, is lying to the public again, publishing cherry-picked propaganda videos, when he knows FSD will try to kill you.
Santa Barbara, CA – Public Safety Advocacy Group The Dawn Project has released footage showing that a Full Self-Driving Tesla can easily be turned into a driverless robotaxi with just a few household items. These everyday objects easily circumvent the vehicle’s driver monitoring system, which Tesla was forced to install in its vehicles to ensure…
Safety tests conducted by The Dawn Project were published today in The Los Angeles Times, revealing that Tesla’s driver monitoring system is a sham, with videos of a sleeping driver, teddy bear, and no one at the wheel, with no warnings from the Tesla. The Dawn Project’s tests were published in The Los Angeles Times…
Santa Barbara, CA – The Dawn Project has today released safety test videos showing that a self-driving Tesla’s driver monitoring system will fail to detect when a driver texts, reads, watches movies or even falls asleep at the wheel. The car also does not recognise when a teddy bear, unicorn, or nothing at all is…
SANTA BARBARA, CA: Founder of The Dawn Project and secure software expert Dan O’Dowd has implored policymakers to ensure that legislation regarding autonomous vehicles prioritizes public safety. Dan O’Dowd is advocating for there to be standards that all autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles must meet, together with safety tests that they must pass, before they are…
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd was interviewed by veteran technology journalist John Koetsier for the TechFirst podcast, where he discussed The Dawn Project’s mission to make computers safe for humanity and the group’s latest safety tests of Tesla Full Self-Driving. Dan and John covered a wide range of events and themes relating to…
Santa Barbara, CA – In a recent press release highlighting safety defects in Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software, safety advocacy group The Dawn Project linked to a page on the Tesla Model 3 manual on Tesla.com which described the software and listed its many limitations and safety defects. Within four hours of the press release being…
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd has been featured in The Daily Express examining his ban from advertising on Twitter, following his viral advertisements on the platform. Dan’s feature was published on 10 July 2023 in The Daily Express, and can be found here. Elon Musk accused of censorship after Tesla critic BANNED from…
Elon Musk’s Twitter has banned the top critic of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) software from promoting videos of critical safety defects in Tesla’s flagship software. The promoted tweets included videos of Tesla Full Self-Driving failing to stop at Stop signs, ignoring Do Not Enter signs, and running down lifelike child and Labrador mannequins. Twitter cited an unnamed “policy…
SANTA BARBARA, CA – The Dawn Project has recently uncovered that Tesla’s driver monitoring safety system, which is supposed to check that the driver is paying attention to the road ahead, is defective and not fit for purpose. The system also fails to detect whether or not the driver has both hands on the steering…
Santa Barbara, CA – Public safety advocacy group The Dawn Project recently conducted safety tests in collaboration with former Tesla ADAS test operator John Bernal. The latest findings, which were streamed live, showed a Full Self-Driving Tesla blowing past a stopped school bus with its lights flashing and stop sign extended. It also drove past ‘Do Not…
Founder of The Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd was interviewed on CNBC discussing the dangers of Tesla Full Self-Driving after The Dawn Project’s live safety tests revealed that Tesla’s self-driving software will run a stop sign and almost cause a collision. Dan’s interview was broadcast on CNBC on 29 June 2023 and can be viewed here…
SANTA BARBARA, CA – Public safety advocacy group The Dawn Project recently conducted live streamed and recorded safety tests in collaboration with major Tesla investor Ross Gerber, revealing alarming safety defects in Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) software. The latest findings, which were streamed live, showed Tesla FSD drive through a stop sign and almost cause…
SANTA BARBARA, CA, Public safety advocacy group The Dawn Project has announced an event in collaboration with renowned Tesla investor Ross Gerber, President and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management. On June 22, 2023, Ross will join Dan O’Dowd, Founder of The Dawn Project, to discuss AI/Autonomous driving system safety and tests of…
The Time Has Come To Disband Tesla’s Unethical Self-Driving Experiment – Dan O’Dowd | Founder of The Dawn Project
Dan O’Dowd discusses how Elon Musk has misled regulators into designating FSD as only a Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance System by rolling out a fleet of 400,000 fully autonomous vehicles, without any of the regulations and testing that should apply. Dan’s article was published in International Policy Digest, 7 June 2023, and can be…
Dan O’Dowd discusses the critical safety defects present in Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software and Elon Musk’s hypocritical stance on AI. Dan’s article was published in International Policy Digest, 16 April 2023, and can be read here. Elon Musk strongly endorsed a recent open letter that calls to “Pause Giant AI Experiments”. Meanwhile, Elon is…
Anyone who doesn’t own Tesla stock can see that Full Self-Driving, with a human driver correcting its worst errors, is worse than a drunk driver. In fact, drivers have reported thousands of critical safety defects in Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software. Despite this, Tesla fanboys continue to claim that Full Self-Driving, in conjunction with an alert…
Dan O’Dowd examines NHTSA’s recall of Tesla Full Self-Driving and calls on the California state government to act to keep the public safe from this dangerous and defective software. Dan’s article was published in CalMatters, 16 March 2023, and can be read here. California’s Office of Traffic Safety needs to do what the National…
Tesla Master Scam Part III: Will people see through him this time, or will they once again laud Master Scammer Musk for the awesome things he can’t do?
SANTA BARBARA, CA – Safety advocacy group The Dawn Project will broadcast a public safety message during Super Bowl LVII, outlining the critical safety defects of Tesla Full Self-Driving and the significant threat this software poses to road safety. The Super Bowl ad is the latest in a multi-million dollar advertising campaign The Dawn Project…
The Dawn Project’s Super Bowl Commercial demonstrating critical safety defects in Tesla Full Self-Driving has been featured in The Washington Post. The Washington Post’s article was published on 11 February 2023, and can be found here. One of Tesla’s biggest critics is funding a Super Bowl ad against it Electric carmaker Tesla is facing…
It’s been a year since The Dawn Project launched our campaign to Make Computers Safe for Humanity by launching a full-page advertisement in The New York Times, highlighting the dangers of Tesla Full Self-Driving. Let’s take a look back at how much has changed since our campaign started: The world now knows about The Dawn…
Elon Musk’s exhorting to investors to keep the faith in Tesla carries little weight while he continues to secretly dump his own shares into the market. Having sold almost $40bn worth of his personal holding since 2021, his public proclamations to shareholders can be summed up simply as ‘do as I say, not as I…
If you were designing a Full Self-Driving car, would you schedule recognizing and obeying ‘Do Not Enter’ signs before or after sending it out to 160,000 Beta customers? What about ‘Road Closed’ signs? What about stopped school buses with their stop signs extended and their lights flashing? What about strollers?
The Dawn Project | Is Tesla’s Full Self-Driving an Advanced Driver Assistance System or an Autonomous Vehicle?
The Dawn Project has conducted safety tests that reveal that Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software product is not safe for public roads. This page contains key information and highlights of The Dawn Project’s findings to date, including revelations of critical safety problems in Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software that pose a clear danger to public safety, together…
There have been thousands of critical safety defects reported by drivers using Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software. These range from the software running stop signs to swerving into cyclists. Please see below a compilation of these issues, as reported by hundreds of Tesla drivers. Watch Tesla FSD failing in hundreds of situations: Driving Dangerously in School…
SANTA BARBARA, CA Safety advocacy group The Dawn Project strongly condemns Elon Musk’s irresponsible release of Tesla Full Self-Driving software to all Tesla cars in North America, which comes in the wake of safety tests conducted by The Dawn Project that reveal critical safety defects in Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software. The Dawn Project is committed to making…
The Dawn Project has today published a full-page advertisement in The New York Times highlighting the dangers of Tesla Full Self-Driving after safety tests revealed that it will repeatedly hit a child mannequin in a stroller. The Dawn Project’s advertisement was published in The New York Times today, and can be seen here. The ad…
The Dawn Project’s latest safety tests reveal that Tesla Full Self-Driving will hit a child mannequin in a stroller. The safety tests were conducted in a public parking lot by The Dawn Project in Santa Barbara, California in October 2022, using the latest version of Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta software available at the time of…
The Dawn Project Publishes Full Page Ad In The New York Times Highlighting The Dangers Tesla Full Self-Driving Poses To Child Pedestrians
The Dawn Project’s latest safety tests reveal that Tesla Full Self-Driving will drive around a stopped school bus with its stop sign arm extended and lights flashing and fail to obey school zone speed limits.
Dan O’Dowd has been interviewed by The Times of London about The Dawn Project’s campaign to ban Tesla’s dangerous Full Self-Driving software. Read Dan’s interview below: Tech billionaire wages war on ‘safety’ of self-driving Teslas Elon Musk has made many enemies but perhaps few are as determined as Dan O’Dowd. While the world’s richest…
Dan O’Dowd has been interviewed by The Washington Post about his campaign to ban Tesla Full-Self Driving and make computers safe for humanity. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — When Dan O’Dowd had his midlife crisis, he bought two near-identical Tesla Roadsters, the first model the electric carmaker ever produced. This year, the 66 year-old tech entrepreneur…
The Dawn Project has today published a full-page advertisement in The New York Times highlighting the dangers of Tesla Full Self-Driving after safety tests revealed that it will repeatedly ignore and drive past ‘Do Not Enter’ and ‘Road Closed’ signs. The Dawn Project’s advertisement was published in The New York Times today, and can be…
New safety tests conducted by The Dawn Project reveal that Tesla Full Self-Driving does not obey ‘Road Closed’ and ‘Do Not Enter’ signs, and finds that Elon Musk’s Full Self-Driving software repeatedly ignores these important road safety signs.
The Mail Online has covered the news that The Dawn Project has been banned by Twitter from advertising its recent full page ad in the New York Times, citing that the ad was too “political” to be promoted on Elon Musk’s Twitter. The article was published in the Mail Online on 8 November 2022, and…
The Dawn Project’s Full-Page Advertisement in The New York Times has been covered in the Mail Online, highlighting the dangers Tesla Full Self-Driving poses to child pedestrians.
The Dawn Project has today published a full page advertisement in The New York Times highlighting the dangers of Tesla Full Self-Driving after safety tests revealed that it will repeatedly run down child-sized mannequins in its path.
Safety tests find that Elon Musk’s Full Self-Driving software repeatedly runs down child-sized mannequins in its path.
The Dawn Project recently conducted a safety test of the latest version of Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta 10.69.2.2, which found that it ran down a moving child-sized mannequin in its path. The test was conducted on a public road in Goleta, California, and corroborated The Dawn Project’s previous safety tests which found that Tesla Full…
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta software was recently put to the test in a widely-viewed video by YouTuber and Full Self-Driving Beta tester, CYBRLFT.
In honor of Elon Musk raising the price of his latest defective Full Self-Driving software 10.69.2 to $15,000, The Dawn Project is now offering a new prize of $15,000 to the first person who can demonstrate a current commercial product from a Fortune 500 company that when brand new malfunctions more than Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta software.
THE BOUT TO END ALL DOUBT Dan O’Dowd Creator of Nuclear Weapons Software that Never Fails and Can’t be Hacked Vs. Elon Musk The Technoking of Tesla Founder of the Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd Challenges Elon Musk to Publicly Test a Self-Driving Tesla to Determine If It Will Run Down a Child. Santa…
In October 2022, The Dawn Project conducted a series of safety tests in Goleta and Santa Barbara, California, to test whether Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Software was safe for public roads. The tests revealed critical safety defects in Tesla Full Self-Driving, and showed that the software will run down a child mannequin, ignore ‘Do Not Enter’…
After launching a nationwide TV advertising campaign exposing potential dangers of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software, I received this Cease and Desist letter from Tesla. This is the most bizarre Cease and Desist letter I’ve ever seen. It’s mostly Tesla marketing propaganda and most of it appears to have been written by Elon Musk himself. It…
Following The Dawn Project’s previous safety test, which found that Tesla Full Self-Driving repeatedly collided with a child-sized mannequin in test conditions, the safety advocacy group ran the test again on public roads. This test, which was conducted on a public road outside a school in Santa Barbara, CA, corroborated The Dawn Project’s first safety…
Safety Test Conducted by The Dawn Project Reveals That Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Software Represents a Potentially Lethal Threat to Child Pedestrians.
This week The Dawn Project launches its latest advertising campaign to highlight the dangers of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software.
Today is Elon Musk’s 51st birthday. One of his birthday presents to himself is the milestone of having apparently reached 100M Followers on Twitter. In the past six months Elon’s Twitter Follower count has grown by 31M Followers, which is an average of 170,000 new Followers every day. To see how Elon has reached 100M…
Dan O’Dowd, Founder of The Dawn Project, has pledged his support for the proposed California Senate Bill SB 1398, which if passed, will provide plain language guidance that requires car dealers and manufacturers to ensure consumers know the limitations of the technologies they are purchasing.
Dan O’Dowd, Founder of The Dawn Project, commented in International Policy Digest following the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) report into incidents involving vehicles utilising advanced driver-assisted technologies (ADAS), and more specifically in relation to the data regarding crashes involving Tesla’s Full Self-Driving and Autopilot systems.
Dan O’Dowd is campaigning to make computers safe for humanity. He is calling for a ban on Elon Musk’s so called “Full Self-Driving” software.
Dan O’Dowd has been featured in Markets Insider and Yahoo Finance urging Congress to take action over the cyber security vulnerabilities.
Dan O’Dowd has been interviewed by The New York Times about his campaign to make computers safe for humanity.
Dan O’Dowd has launched his fourth TV ad in his campaign to make computers safe for humanity.
Dan O’Dowd has been featured in IT Pro regarding his campaign to make computers safe for humanity.
Dan O’Dowd has been interviewed by KRON4 about his campaign to make computers safe for humanity.
Dan O’Dowd has launched his third ad for his campaign to make computers safe for humanity.
Dan O’Dowd has been interviewed by The Tribune regarding his campaign to make computers safe for humanity.
Dan O’Dowd has launched his second ad for his campaign to make computers safe for humanity and highlight to the public the dangers of Tesla’ Full Self-Driving software.
Dan O’Dowd interviewed by Alex Guberman of E for Electric about his campaign for to make computers safe for humanity.
Dan O’Dowd has been featured in an article published by Auto Evolution examining a video series documenting the dangers of Tesla FSD.
Dan O’Dowd has been interviewed by Vice Media’s Motherboard in relation to his campaign to make computers safe for humanity.
Dan O’Dowd has been interviewed in the Guardian about his campaign to make computers safe for humanity and to ban Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software.
Dan O’Dowd has been interviewed on CBS Los Angeles regarding his campaign to make computers safe for humanity.
Dan O’Dowd has been interviewed on Fox 40’s Inside California Politics about his campaign to make computers safe for humanity.
Business Insider has interviewed Dan O’Dowd about his campaign to ban Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software.
The New York Post has published news of Dan O’Dowd’s campaign to make computers safe for humanity.
News of Dan O’Dowd’s campaign to make computers safe for humanity and ban Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software has been published in Automotive News.
Dan O’Dowd has been interviewed on San Diego’s KUSI News channel regarding his campaign to make computers safe for humanity.
The recent launch of Dan O’Dowd’s campaign to make computers safe for humanity and ban Tesla’s Full Self-Driving technology, has been published in The Hill.
Leading technology publication Futurism recently published an article about Dan O’Dowd’s campaign to ban Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software.
Politico recently published an article regarding Dan O’Dowd’s campaign to make computers safe for humanity and ban Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software.
Warren Redlich, one of Elon Musk’s most fervent disciples, recently published a vicious YouTube video containing a torrent of false accusations and invective about my intelligence, character, and motives. No doubt because I offended his faith by criticizing Elon Musk’s FSD! Let’s analyze this product of his intellect and character.
Founder of the Dawn Project Dan O’Dowd has been featured in a Washington Times editorial about the need to secure safety critical infrastructure. This article was published in The Washington Times on 23 March 2022, and can be found here. If there is one defining aspect of this era, it is the global commitment to…
Our Founder, Dan O’Dowd, was interviewed by The Telegraph about his ‘Tyrant Collection‘, the world’s most valuable collection of coins. A tech billionaire known as “the Tyrant” has finished the first coin collection spanning the entirety of English and British history, with an array of currency more complete than that of the Royal Mint. Coins…
In his interview, Dan spoke with their Transportation Contributor, Brad Templeton, about The Dawn Project, the need to improve the software in safety critical infrastructure, and his campaign to ban Full Self-Driving from our roads.
Knowing almost nothing about me Omar Qazi @WholeMarsBlog published a lengthy attack.
Dan O’Dowd, Founder of The Dawn Project, was interviewed by UK newspaper The Express following a cyberattack on the UK Foreign Office, and the cybersecurity threat from State actors the UK faces.
Dan O’Dowd was interviewed by UK newspaper The Express following a cyberattack on the UK Foreign Office, and the cybersecurity threat from State actors the UK faces.
Dan O’Dowd, Founder of The Dawn Project, commented in UK newspaper City A.M. in relation to the potential threat of cyberattacks from Russia, which could cripple UK and US infrastructure.
The Dawn Project is campaigning to ban unsafe software from safety critical systems, which could be targeted by military-style hackers to cause chaos to our society. Our first campaign is targeting Tesla full self-driving cars.
Dan O’Dowd commented in UK newspaper City A.M. in relation to the potential threat of cyberattacks from Russia, which could cripple UK and US infrastructure. ““To cripple the UK, Putin does not need nuclear weapons,” explained cybersecurity expert Dan O’Dowd, who created the operating systems for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Fighter Jets, the Boeing B1-B Intercontinental Nuclear Bomber and…
The Dawn Project has analyzed many hours of YouTube videos taken by drivers of their experiences with so-called Full Self-Driving cars.
Long ago, someone asked Bill Gates why Microsoft was so successful. Gates replied that he found it odd that at his competitors’ key technology decisions were being made by the people who knew the least about technology, while the people who knew the most about technology had no say in key technology decisions. He called this technical inversion.
A safety-critical system is a device which, were it to malfunction or be hacked, could kill or seriously injure people or cause great economic or social damage.
