LAT Top News｜加州车管局决定不因虚假营销暂停特斯拉销售

Tesla sales wont be suspended in California after regulators ruled Tuesday that the electric vehicle company has stopped misleading customers about its driver assistance features.

In December, the California Department of Motor Vehicles found Tesla in violation of state law for exaggerating the capabilities of its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving technology.

The technology cannot be used without an alert human driver present.

The DMV threatened to suspend Teslas dealer and manufacturer licenses in the state for 30 days if it did not correct its marketing.

Since then, Tesla has stopped using the term autopilot in California and added supervised to describe its Full Self-Driving mode .

The department is pleased that Tesla took the required action to remain in compliance with the State of Californias consumer protections, DMV Director Steve Gordon said in a statement.

Chief Executive Elon Musk has long touted the abilities of Teslas driver assistance features , claiming for more than 10 years that a Tesla can drive itself as safely as a human.

Last year, a Miami jury found Tesla partly responsible for a fatal crash involving its Autopilot system and ordered the company to pay $240 million to the victims.

Also, last year, Tesla shareholders sued Musk for making materially false claims about Teslas robotaxi operations in Austin, Texas.

Regulators had given Tesla 90 days from December to adjust its advertising and stop leading consumers to believe that Autopilot and Full Self-Driving could be used safely without an attentive human.

美国加州监管机构周二裁定，电动汽车制造商特斯拉已停止在驾驶辅助功能方面误导消费者，因此不会暂停其在加州的销售。

12月，加州机动车辆管理局认定特斯拉公司违反州法律，因其夸大了其“自动驾驶”和“全自动驾驶”技术的功能。

该技术必须在有警觉的人类驾驶员在场时方可使用。

美国车管局（DMV）警告称，若特斯拉不改正其营销方式，将暂停其在该州的经销商及制造商牌照30天。

此后，特斯拉在加州停止使用“自动驾驶”一词，并在其“全自动驾驶”模式前添加“受监督的”作为描述。

加州机动车管理局局长史蒂夫·戈登（Steve Gordon）在声明中表示：“特斯拉采取了必要措施以继续遵守加州的消费者保护法规，对此我们感到欣慰。”

特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克长期推崇其自动驾驶辅助功能，十余年来一直宣称特斯拉车辆可实现与人类驾驶同等安全水平的自主行驶。

去年，迈阿密一个陪审团裁定特斯拉对其自动驾驶系统导致的一起致命事故负有部分责任，并责令该公司向遇难者赔偿2.4亿美元。

此外，去年特斯拉股东起诉埃隆·马斯克，指控其就特斯拉在得克萨斯州奥斯汀的机器人出租车业务做出“实质性虚假”陈述。

监管机构要求特斯拉自12月起在90天内调整其广告宣传，停止让消费者误以为无需人工专注即可安全使用Autopilot（自动辅助驾驶）和Full Self-Driving（全自动驾驶）功能。