{"id":182813,"date":"2026-02-18T10:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/182813\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:46:07","slug":"tesla-wont-use-the-term-autopilot-in-california-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/182813\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla won\u2019t use the term \u2018Autopilot\u2019 in California anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Tesla is no longer using the term \u201cAutopilot\u201d to describe the self-driving capabilities of its vehicles in California, avoiding a 30-day sales suspension in the state. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/news-and-media\/tesla-takes-corrective-action-to-avoid-dmv-suspension\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California Department of Motor Vehicles<\/a> (DMV) announced that Tesla has taken corrective action after finding in December that the EV manufacturer\u2019s marketing was violating state law and misleading customers into thinking its cars would drive autonomously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/846152\/tesla-autopilot-marketing-deceptive-california-dmv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DMV\u2019s complaint<\/a> is connected to written marketing materials for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) features that Tesla started publishing in May 2021, which later led to the EV maker appending \u201c(Supervised)\u201d to its use of \u201cFull Self-Driving Capability.\u201d In December, the agency gave Tesla a 60-day window to also stop using the term Autopilot or face a 30-day manufacturing license and dealer license suspension \u2014 temporarily blocking Tesla from selling vehicles to its largest US market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">\u201cThe DMV is committed to safety throughout all California\u2019s roadways and communities,\u201d said DMV Director Steve Gordon. \u201cThe department is pleased that Tesla took the required action to remain in compliance with the State of California\u2019s consumer protections.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tesla is no longer using the term \u201cAutopilot\u201d to describe the self-driving capabilities of its vehicles in California,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,12598,100,5409,1090,1967],"class_list":{"0":"post-182813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news","11":"tag-electric-cars","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-policy","14":"tag-tesla","15":"tag-transportation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182813","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=182813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}