{"id":182785,"date":"2026-02-18T10:22:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/182785\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:22:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:22:29","slug":"tesla-avoids-suspension-by-california-regulator-after-corrective-marketing-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/182785\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla avoids suspension by California regulator after corrective marketing changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Feb 17 (Reuters) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/TSLA\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tesla;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tesla<\/a> will avoid a 30-day suspension of its dealer and manufacturer licenses \u200cin California after the U.S. electric vehicle maker \u200cstopped using the term &#8220;autopilot&#8221; in marketing of its vehicles in \u200bthe state, a regulator said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">The reprieve from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) comes as Tesla and other EV makers grapple with a \u200cplunge in demand following \u2060the expiration of key tax credits that had boosted sales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Tesla CEO Elon Musk \u2060has switched the company&#8217;s focus toward robotaxis equipped with self-driving technology, as well as humanoid robots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">In 2022, \u200bthe \u200bDMV accused Tesla of \u200bmisleading consumers by using \u200cnames &#8220;autopilot&#8221; and &#8220;Full Self-Driving&#8221; (FSD) for its advanced driver-assistance features.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">The DMV narrowed its focus last December to the term &#8220;autopilot&#8221; as Tesla revised its use of the term &#8220;Full Self-Driving&#8221; to clarify that driver supervision is required.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">The \u200cregulator had deferred an order \u200bto suspend Tesla sales in \u200bCalifornia, its biggest \u200bU.S. market, giving the EV maker \u200cadditional time to address the \u200ballegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">&#8220;Autopilot&#8221; enables Tesla \u200bvehicles to accelerate, brake and remain within their lanes on highways. &#8220;Full Self-Driving&#8221; allows vehicles to \u200bchange lanes \u200cand respond to traffic signals on city streets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">(Reporting \u200bby Natalia Bueno Rebolledo in Mexico City; \u200bEditing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb 17 (Reuters) &#8211; Tesla will avoid a 30-day suspension of its dealer and manufacturer licenses \u200cin California&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,45000,9,8,1090,53916],"class_list":["post-182785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-department-of-motor-vehicles","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-tesla","tag-tesla-sales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}