TESLA’S AUTOPILOT FACING NEW CRITICISM.

Tesla’s semi-autonomous Autopilot feature has had another rough week following criticism both at home and abroad. Starting in its home state of California, AutoGuide reports that Tesla was issued a cease and desist request regarding how it advertises its features. A new law in the state now forbids car companies from advertising driver assist features using the terms such as “self-driving,” “automated” or “auto-pilot” unless the car is classified as Level 3, 4 or 5 under SAE guidelines.

Those last three levels of automation all describe vehicles that can be operated fully autonomously and unsupervised in at least some, if not all, conditions. California currently classifies Autopilot-equipped Teslas as Level 2, which describes cars that still require human supervision while operating autonomously. As a result, Tesla may have to rename the Autopilot function, at least for California.

Well, it’ll be level 3 soon.