According to a complaint that an advocacy group plans to file with consumer protection agencies on Thursday, Tesla is suspected of misleading by marketing it to tens of thousands of South Korean consumers even though it knows its autonomous driving assistance software cannot be used legally on most vehicles in South Korea. For many years, Tesla has been marketing “supervised fully autonomous driving” software to potential buyers in South Korea, often charging a one-time fee of 904.3 million won. Seo Young-deuk, head of Tesla's Korea region, said at a congressional hearing last month that only about 20% of Tesla vehicles registered in South Korea can use the FSD function, and these vehicles are all made in the US.

According to a complaint that an advocacy group plans to file with consumer protection agencies on Thursday, Tesla is suspected of misleading by marketing it to tens of thousands of South Korean consumers even though it knows its autonomous driving assistance software cannot be used legally on most vehicles in South Korea. For many years, Tesla has been marketing “supervised fully autonomous driving” software to potential buyers in South Korea, often charging a one-time fee of 904.3 million won. Seo Young-deuk, head of Tesla's Korea region, said at a congressional hearing last month that only about 20% of Tesla vehicles registered in South Korea can use the FSD function, and these vehicles are all made in the US.