German Court Bans Tesla Ad Statements Related To Autonomous Driving (reuters.com) 3
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Germany has banned Tesla from repeating what a court says are misleading advertising statements relating to the capabilities of the firm's driver assistance systems and to autonomous driving, a Munich judge ruled on Tuesday. Tesla can appeal the ruling. The case was brought by Germany's Wettbewerbszentrale, an industry sponsored body tasked with policing anti-competitive practices. The Munich court agreed with the industry body's assessment and banned Tesla Germany from including "full potential for autonomous driving" and "Autopilot inclusive" in its German advertising materials. It said such claims amounted to misleading business practices, adding that the average buyer might be given the impression that the car could drive without human intervention and might suggest such a system was now legal on German roads.
Google's is better (Score:2)
Google has a more reliable actual self-driving system that has a whole lot more expensive sensors and has zero deaths caused by it so far yet even they don't feel comfortable enough to release it commercially yet. I think that the German courts banning Tesla from advertising a feature that a lot of less informed folks believe is "perfectly safe" is a good action considering the vast number of uninformed folks out there concerning this technology.