California Attorney General Rob Bonta is pursuing a lawsuit against Tesla, alleging that the company significantly exaggerates claims about its autopilot and full self-driving capabilities. If the lawsuit is successful, it could result in a suspension of Tesla's ability to operate in California. The legal proceedings, stemming from a 2022 case, highlight concerns about allegations of misleading marketing. Protests and criticisms of Tesla have surged, including demonstrations signified by makeshift tombstones acknowledging lives lost in autopilot-related crashes, emphasizing the serious implications of Tesla's claims.
"California Attorney General Rob Bonta is trying to get those self-driving concerns back into the discussion in a big way. The Chronicle reports that a state lawsuit against Tesla got underway Monday, and if the suit goes against Tesla, California DMV could suspend Tesla's license to manufacture and sell cars in the state, for 30 days or longer."
"Bonta's lawsuit against Tesla is not new. It was originally filed in 2022, amended in 2023, and is just beginning court proceedings today. But the state's case against Tesla is that they are significantly exaggerating when they use the terms autopilot, full self-driving capability, and claim that their system is designed to be able to conduct short and long-distance trips with no action required by the person in the driver's seat."
"Ever since Trump returned to office, the discourse about electric carmaker Tesla has mostly concerned the Elon Musk protests at its dealerships, the company's prodigious stock nosedive that has wrecked a Wall Street darling, and Musk's entire predictable break-up with Donald Trump after that bizarro Tesla marketing stunt on the White House lawn."
"Bonta himself argued in a legal briefing last week that these labels and descriptions represent specifically that respondent (Tesla)'s vehicles will operate as autonomous vehicles, which they could not."
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