Autopilot is an appropriate term, taken from aviation. And no one calls it full self driving since that hasn't been released yet.

Seriously, what is people's problem with that word? Tesla actively explains how this works currently (both in person and also in bold font on their website) when anyone buys a car. There is no owner of this car that thinks that it has full self-driving capability. It is literally a non-existent problem.

> Seriously, what is people's problem with that word?

You see this with every thread about tsla. Some grasp at any nonsense to attack it. I used to think the haters were financially motivated "investors" shorting tsla and I'm sure it was true in the past. But now, I'm thinking it's just people who dislike elon for some reason since they also attack musk/SpaceX in spacex threads. I mean "criminally responsible" for the autopilot name? It's hard to take them seriously at this point.

You're saying this on an article about two different people who seemed to believe it and paid dearly for their misconception.

We also know that the misconception is widely held. The term itself is misleading (https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/new-studies-highlight-drive...) and Tesla's marketing so much more so.

While that is my view as well, the behaviour of some Tesla drivers indicates that their view is different, and they use the autopilot in a different manner, which is a problem.

Because nobody reads the fucking manual. It's like reading the headline only.

Wikipedia: 'Autopilots do not replace human operators, but instead they assist them in controlling the vehicle'

Borderline?