A bill was sponsored by a state senator to change the way car manufacturers and dealers advertise and sell driver assistance. The law requires car manufacturers and dealers to give consumers a clear description of the functions and limitations of semi-autonomous driver assistance features.
If I've ever seen one, that's aTesla subtweet. The company has claimed that its cars could be connected to a system called Full Self-Driving for several years now, but it hasn't been able to prove it. The law says something.
A manufacturer or dealer shall not name any partial driving automation feature, or describe any partial driving automation feature in marketing materials, using language that implies or would otherwise lead a reasonable person to believe, that the feature allows the vehicle to function as an autonomous vehicle, as defined in Section 38750, or otherwise has functionality not actually included in the feature. A violation of this subdivision shall be considered a misleading advertisement for the purposes of Section 11713
It is not known how this will affect a company likeTesla, that is now based in Austin, Texas but still makes cars in their California factory. Gizmodo did not get a response from Senator Gonzalez or the company.
The company that has been making the most headlines is the company that offers cars with driving assistance. Several crashes involving the feature have led to the company being named in several legal cases. In the first case, the driver's lawyers claim that the autopilot feature is to blame for the crash. The second is a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice into whether or notTesla misled the public.
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