Tesla has stopped using the term “Autopilot” for its semi-autonomous driving system after California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) threatened to revoke the company’s licenses.
Although the system was called “Autopilot” by Teslait is important to emphasize that Full Self-Drivingsystem (FSD) is not fully autonomous and requires continuous driver monitoring.
Despite previous statements that suggested the vehicle could operate fully autonomously with FSD, even Teslas most advanced system classified as level 2 autonomy. To be considered capable of driving without human supervision, the company had to document Level 3 autonomy.
The California DMV concluded last December that it was misleading to call Teslas semi-autonomous driving system for “Autopilot”. The authority therefore threatened to suspend the company’s dealer license in the state if the term was not removed from communications and marketing campaigns.
In a statement published Tuesday (17), the California DMV said that “Tesla has successfully implemented the necessary measures to stop the use of the term ‘Autopilot’ in the marketing of its vehicles in California, as required by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) last December”.
Tesla will now refer to its systems with new names, also outside of California. Full Self-Driving will be called “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)», and Autopilot will be named “Traffic Aware Cruise Control». The changes already appear to be implemented on Teslas website.
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