A Tesla abandoned the “Autopilot” designation for its semi-autonomous driving system after the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) threatened to take away its licenses.
Although it has been called “autopilot” by Teslait is worth emphasizing that the system Full Self-Driving (FSD) is not fully autonomous and requires constant supervision from the driver.
Although previous statements suggest the vehicle could operate fully autonomously with FSD, even the company’s most advanced system Tesla it is classified as level 2 autonomy. To be considered capable of driving without human supervision, the company would have to prove level 3 autonomy capacity.
Knowing this, the California DMW decided last December that calling the California semi-autonomous driving system Tesla “autopilot” was misleading. Then, the DMV threatened to suspend the company’s resale license in the state if the term was not removed from communications and promotional campaigns.
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In a statement issued on Tuesday (17), the California DMV said that “the Tesla has successfully taken the necessary action to stop using the term ‘Autopilot’ in marketing its vehicles in California as required by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) last December.”
Now, the Tesla must refer to systems by new names, even outside of California. THE Full Self-Driving will be called “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” and the Autopilot will be called “Traffic Aware Cruise Control“.The changes appear to have already been made to the website. Tesla.
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