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What here causes you to say that Autopilot doesn't behave as advertised? It does exactly what it says it will do, steer and brake the car while a human driver supervises and is responsible for the operation of the car.

https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/models/en_us/GUID-101D1BF...

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> DMV accused Tesla of misleading automotive customers with claims about Autopilot and Full Self-Driving with numerous false statements. One example: “The system is designed to be able to conduct short and long distance trips with no action required by the person in the driver’s seat.”

That is not a false statement. "No action required" is different from "no supervision required".

> "No action required" is different from "no supervision required".

Supervision is an act so if it is required then an action is required.

"Designed to" is a fun weasel.

It’s literally called “Full Self Driving” but cannot operate without human supervision according to the fine print. If you don’t think that is false advertisement then I feel sorry for the people who have to work with you on a daily basis who need to parse every one of your statements with a lawyers attention to detail

Isn't it simply support for full self driving it claims to have? Not actual self driving as it currently stands.

It’s not full self driving if it requires supervision. There isn’t support for it by definition. Do you really think the name isn’t misleading?

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