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Re:German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomo... by WA on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @02:38PM (#23835908)
Tesla’s own website mentions Autopilot and full self-driving capabilities on the same page. Just go and configure a car and see if anyone could ever misunderstand Autopilot in that context.

Add a bunch of cool YouTube videos of people presumably sleeping on the wheel.

Add a CEO who claims "car can run nightly errands soon" and "level 5 very soon" (by redefining level 5) and you easily have the currenct perception.

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Re:German court bans Tesla ad statements related to autonomo... by FireBeyond on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @07:30PM (#23839394)
It's like the Summon feature. "Will come to you across the parking lot with no intervention while you deal with a fussing child".

Must have vision of vehicle at all times. Must maintain one finger on dead man's switch on phone. Vehicle owner must not be distracted.

(Oh, and it may well drive through your half-opened garage door because there's no sensors at that height, and nothing could ever go wrong with a garage door, right?)

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