Both companies have battled a tarnished brand image and a discontented customer base, with boycotts hurting their bottom line.

There are a few other downsides of vision-only, such as that it can have trouble looking into lights (though it did well in the bright light test), and Tesla has in the past had a hard time with ...

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel appeared to mock the vandalism of Tesla property and was met with cheers from his audience on Tuesday after he mentioned Tesla’s "disastrous" stock price drop.