San Francisco: The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating self-driving claims made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The SEC probe is to determine if the electric car-maker flouted its rules in promoting its full-self driving (FSD) and Autopilot software, reports The Verge. Musk in November last year said the Tesla FSD beta is available to anyone in North America.

"Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta is now available to anyone in North America who requests it from the car screen, assuming you have bought this option. Congrats to the Tesla Autopilot/AI team on achieving a major milestone!," the Tesla CEO had tweeted.

The rollout of FSD came at a time when Tesla faces a criminal investigation from the US Department of Justice over potentially false claims related to Autopilot, the company's advanced driver assistance system.

In September last year, a Tesla owner sued the electric car maker, saying the company and its CEO are deceptively and misleadingly marketing the Autopilot and Full Self-Driving software.