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00:00Judge says Tesla misled drivers about what Autopilot actually does.
00:05A California judge just ruled that Tesla misled customers about Autopilot and full self-driving
00:10and the fallout could hit the company where it hurts most.
00:13California, its largest U.S. market.
00:16The decision says Tesla's branding and marketing gave drivers an inflated sense of how capable
00:22its driver assistance features really are, essentially blurring the line between assistive
00:27tech and true self-driving, reports TechCrunch.
00:31At the center of this is the long-running tension between what Autopilot slash FSD actually
00:35do and what their names imply.
00:38These systems can handle lane keeping, adaptive cruise, and some complex scenarios but they
00:43still require a fully attentive human behind the wheel.
00:46The judge agreed with the California DMV that calling this Autopilot and full self-driving
00:52crosses into deceptive marketing, even if Tesla tucked disclaimers into the fine print,
00:57reports CNBC.
00:59As a penalty, the DMV sought a 30-day suspension of Tesla's sales and manufacturing licenses
01:03in California, and the judge signed off on that.
01:07However, the DMV stayed that suspension to give Tesla time to comply, either by changing
01:11how it markets the tech or, in theory, by actually delivering real autonomy.
01:16Tesla, unsurprisingly, is signaling it has no plans to back down, saying California sales
01:22will continue uninterrupted and pointing out that there haven't been customer complaints
01:26in this specific DMV case.
01:29In a statement to CNBC, the company claims this was a consumer protection order about the
01:34use of the term Autopilot in a case where not one single customer came forward to say there's
01:40a problem.
01:41Sales in California will continue uninterrupted.
01:44This fight comes as Tesla is already under the microscope from regulators and facing lawsuits
01:49over crashes tied to Autopilot.
01:52It's also testing a robo-taxi service in Austin that uses a different software stack than what
01:56customers get, raising even more questions about how the company communicates capabilities
02:01to the public.
02:02If California ultimately forces Tesla to tone down its autonomy hype, it could set a new bar
02:07for how every carmaker talks about self-driving features going forward.
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02:19So we're in a relationship with a new bar, so we're in a relationship with the
02:23customeraku.
02:23Let's just take a closer look at this with the customer launch, and the customer launch
02:25is constantly changing.
02:26Let's go to his home.
02:27We're in a relationship with a new bar.
02:28We're in a relationship with a new bar in the country.
02:28Here's the company.
02:29I'm here at this one bar in the future.
02:31I'm here at this hotel.
02:32I'm here.
02:33I'm in a relationship with a new bar in the master.
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