An advertisement promotes Tesla Autopilot at a showroom of U.S. car manufacturer Tesla in Zurich, Switzerland March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/Files
SAN FRANCISCO: Two US consumer advocacy groups urged the Federal Trade Commission on May 23 to investigate what they called Tesla Inc's “deceptive and misleading” use of the name Autopilot for its assisted-driving technology.
The Center for Auto Safety and Consumer Watchdog, both non-profit groups, sent a letter to the FTC saying that consumers could be misled into thinking, based on Tesla's marketing and advertising, that Autopilot makes a Tesla vehicle self-driving.
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