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Germany Says Tesla Should Not Use 'autopilot' In Advertising


Ron Burgundy
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The Tesla Model S version 7.0 software update containing Autopilot features is demonstrated during a Tesla event in Palo AltoGerman 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.




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