Bill targeting Tesla's 'self-driving' claims passes California Legislature

Source: Los Angeles Times

Bill targeting Tesla's 'self-driving' claims passes California Legislature

Russ Mitchell
Wed, August 31, 2022 at 1:28 PM·5 min read

Since 2016, Tesla has been marketing an expensive option called Full Self-Driving. A reasonable person might infer from the name that the software package enables a car to drive itself, fully.

It does not. No car available for consumers to buy is capable of full self-driving. The California Department of Motor Vehicles has rules on its books that ban the advertisement of cars as "self-driving" when they are not. But it has never enforced those rules.

So, impatient with the DMV, the state Legislature is stepping in, going over the DMV’s head and making its false advertising regulation a state law.

The bill, sponsored by Senate Transportation Committee Chair Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach), was passed by the Senate on Tuesday night and now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his signature. Newsom's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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