Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Tesla will stop using the term "Autopilot" in marketing of its vehicles in California, the state's Department of Motor Vehicles announced.
In December, a judge ruled that the company was using deceptive wording in its marketing of the cars in California and recommended a suspension of sales and manufacturing in the state. But the DMV allowed the company 60 days to change its wording.
Autopilot is Tesla's driver-assistance mode, and its self-driving setting is called Full Self-Driving. The DMV argued that both terms mislead customers and distort the abilities of the driver-assistance systems.
Tesla had changed the self-driving system to be called "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)" to indicate that drivers must still monitor the system. But it stayed with "Autopilot," prompting the DMV to refer the case to the California Office of Administrative Hearings.
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