The Californian vehicle authority DMV accuses the electric car manufacturer Teslato deceive consumers about the autopilot system in their vehicles. As first reported by the “Los Angeles Times”, the authority has therefore filed a lawsuit against the company of tech billionaire Elon Musk. According to the report, Tesla made statements in its advertising that were “false or misleading and not based on fact,” according to the lawsuit filed at the end of July. Overall, there are two submissions from the California Vehicle Authority, they can be found here
and here
.
The authority accuses Tesla of presenting its driver assistance systems better than they actually are. To date, Tesla cars have not functioned “as autonomous vehicles,” according to the agency.
According to the report, if the lawsuit succeeds, it could have serious consequences for the company, including revoking the licenses that allow Tesla to manufacture and sell its cars in California. According to the report, the authority only wants to use the lawsuit to ensure that the car manufacturer has to provide its customers with more detailed information. As the News site CNBC writes
, the company now has 15 days to make a statement before the administrative court.
Tesla boss Musk said in June how important self-driving cars are for his company. Without autopilot, the value of Tesla tends to be “near zero”.
In the past, accidents involving Teslas with autopilots had repeatedly made headlines. According to one report published in June
of the US traffic agency NHTSA, Teslas controlled by autopilot were involved in 273 accidents within a year United States involved.