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Tesla claims California false-advertising law violates First Amendment (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Tesla claims California false-advertising law violates First Amendment::Tesla fights DMV complaint that Autopilot is falsely advertised as autonomous.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago

One of the state laws that Tesla complains about is Cal. Veh. Code § 24011.5, which says that companies "shall not name any partial driving automation feature, or describe any partial driving automation feature in marketing materials, using language that implies or would otherwise lead a reasonable person to believe, that the feature allows the vehicle to function as an autonomous vehicle."

So Tesla accepts they mislead the customers but that's their constitutional right?

I would love for somebody to honestly defend/show a different interpretation. It sounds so bad I can't on my own understand how people still defend this.