Tesla Accused of False Advertising for Autopilot in Germany
According to foreign media reports, Tesla is facing pressure from the Munich Regional Court in Germany because Tesla uses “Autopilot” as a promotional term in Germany to promote its advanced driving assistance and kit. Therefore, the Wettbewerbszentrale in Germany, which is widely regarded as the most influential national and cross-border self-regulatory organization for implementing anti-unfair competition in Germany, has filed a lawsuit against Tesla.
The competition center claims that Tesla’s inclusion of its vehicles in “autonomous driving” is misleading advertising. The organization also accuses Tesla of promising to sell cars that have the ability to “drive automatically in towns (FSD),” which seems to refer to “fully autonomous driving” capability, but Tesla has not achieved this claim.
According to the organization, Tesla’s current vehicles cannot be driven without a driver, and cannot be called autonomous driving.
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