Tesla recently showed off a video game on the front console of its new car, but experts say gaming while driving is a bad idea.
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The company’s CEO Elon Musk recently unveiled the company’s revamped $80,000 Model S sports car. Tesla claims the vehicle can now compete with next-gen gaming consoles, and The Witcher 3 appeared in a promo on the car’s giant front screen next to the driver. But just because you can play games in your car doesn’t mean you should, observers say.
“No vehicle or technology on the market today is safe enough to allow drivers to play games while driving,” Raj Rajkumar, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and co-director of the General Motors-Carnegie Mellon Vehicular Information Technology Collaborative Research Lab, wrote in an email interview. “Tesla’s misnamed and misleading ‘Full Self-Driving’ package is anything but fully autonomous.”
Teslas have made their name with their sleek designs, electric drivetrains and semi-autonomous driving capabilities. Musk wants the cars to be known for their gaming capabilities, too. "Want to play The Witcher on your Tesla? (you can watch the show on Tesla Netflix theater)," he wrote in a recent Tweet.
