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Tesla is a controversial company for many reasons, with one of them being the Autopilot feature available on some cars. The technology allows Tesla cars to mostly drive themselves with mixed results, and now one US state is changing how Tesla explains it to buyers.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has passed Senate Bill 1398, which sets out new rules for how autonomous driving features are advertised in the state. It requires any “dealer or manufacturer that sells any new passenger vehicle that is equipped with a partial driving automation feature” to accurately describe the “functions and limitations of those features.”
The law is mostly aimed at Tesla, which often promotes Autopilot as a complete self-driving solution. The name alone might imply it doesn’t need any help from a human driver, and the company’s site states, “all you will need to do is get in and tell your car where to go. […] Your Tesla will figure out the optimal route, navigating urban streets, complex intersections and freeways.” However, in other places, Tesla lists “Full Self-Driving Capability” as…
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