Solar power in Germany court tesla advertising 'misleading advertising'

Local time on Tuesday, Munich, Germany, tesla court decisions in the propaganda of auxiliary driving and automatic driving involves & other; Misleading advertising & throughout; , repeated use of similar advertising description is prohibited.

in the case of the plaintiff is Germany and protection against unfair competition center ( Wettbewerbszentrale) , in view of the tesla electric vehicles use & other German company in advertising company; Fully automatic driving potential & throughout; 、“ Contains the autopilot & throughout; The wording of lawsuits. The purpose of setting up the center is the regulatory anti-competitive behaviour.

the center, said the solar equipment, tesla relevant publicity allegedly misleading business practices, China solar energy network, can make the average buyer think vehicles can without driver intervention yourself forward, or related to the autopilot system has legal status in Germany. The plaintiffs' lawyers Andreas Ottofuelling said in a statement that at present we haven't even about Germany and within the city of automatic driving legal framework, the other function of advertisement involves no landing in the reality.

it is worth mentioning that the solar panels, the U. S. national transportation safety board is also proposed to tesla's automated driving function, solar panels, said the lack of safety protection.

in addition, another concern is that the existence of the autopilot function may induce drivers ignore the responsibility of the need to control all the car when driving. Response to this, tesla said has informed consumers, the company to provide driving assistive technology, not equal to fully automated driving.

according to the international society of automotive engineers ( SAE国际) For the automated driving technology classification ( 10 - L5） , still does not appear on the market at present the level of L4 autopilot, the level of demand in a limited amount of road and environment conditions, the driving system is able to do all the driving operation. Earlier this month, solar panels, musk said the company is expected to complete level of L5 years for the development of basic functions.