{"id":253418,"date":"2021-05-19T12:59:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T09:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/californias-dmv-taking-tesla-to-task-over-misleading-self-driving-claims\/"},"modified":"2021-05-19T12:59:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T09:59:44","slug":"californias-dmv-taking-tesla-to-task-over-misleading-self-driving-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/californias-dmv-taking-tesla-to-task-over-misleading-self-driving-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"#California\u2019s DMV taking Tesla to task over misleading \u2018self-driving\u2019 claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#California\u2019s DMV taking Tesla to task over misleading \u2018self-driving\u2019 claims<\/strong>”
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Tesla is under review by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to establish whether the company is using misleading advertising regarding its Full Self-Driving package, the agency told the Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

State regulation prohibits advertising vehicles for sale or lease as autonomous, if they can\u2019t comply with the regulatory definition, the DMV said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tesla explains on its website that both the basic Autopilot and the Full Self-Driving package don\u2019t qualify as autonomous driving, but require \u201ca fully attentive driver, who has their hands on the wheel and is prepared to take over at any moment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Nevertheless, we can\u2019t help but notice for the millionth time that the names of those systems are, in fact, misleading. \u201cAutopilot\u201d signifies an automatic driverless process, and \u201cfull self-driving capability\u201d literally means that a vehicle is capable of driving itself. It doesn\u2019t seem too difficult to get confused, right?<\/p>\n

As it happ<\/a>ens, Tesla\u00a0related autonowashing instances have been occurring more often than not. Social<\/a>\u00a0media is bursting with videos featuring drivers defeating the driver-monitoring systems and fully relying on Autopilot to perform the ride. Just last week,\u00a0a man was arrested in California for \u201cdriving\u201d a Tesla form the back seat\u2026<\/p>\n

If Tesla is, indeed, found to have violated DMV\u2019s regulations, it will face a series<\/a> of penalties.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0DMV spokesperson Anita Gore, the penalties include\u00a0suspension or revocation of DMV autonomous vehicle deployment permits, and manufacturer and dealer licenses. She also added that a police officer can even remove a car from the public roadway, if it doesn\u2019t have the respective autonomous technology<\/a> permit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The DMW will examine the following Full Self-Driving package claims:<\/p>\n