Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

Germany's Federal Motor Authority Warns Tesla Over "Autopilot" Advertising

posted by cmn32480 on Monday October 17 2016, @03:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the keep-your-eyes-on-the-road dept.

takyon writes:

Germany's Federal Motor Authority recently sent letters to Tesla drivers reminding them that the "Autopilot" function is for driver assistance, not replacement. Now, Tesla is being warned against advertising the feature:

German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt has asked Tesla to stop advertising its electric vehicles as having an Autopilot function as this might suggest drivers' attention is not needed, his ministry said on Sunday.

A spokeswoman for the ministry, confirming a report in the daily Bild am Sonntag (BamS), said the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) had written to Tesla to make the request. "It can be confirmed that a letter to Tesla exists with the request to no longer use the misleading term Autopilot for the driver assistance system of the car," she said in a written response to a Reuters' query.

Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Germany's Federal Motor Authority Warns Tesla Over "Autopilot" Advertising | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 36 comments | Search Discussion
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday October 18 2016, @08:40PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 18 2016, @08:40PM (#415837) Journal

    disvertising

    Even if we were to assume that is a real word, no one has yet to show what Tesla is supposedly "disvertising" about. So yes, I don't buy it once again. They just didn't give me enough gullibility to cover all these baseless claims made in this discussion.