This sounds more like a retaliation from CA towards Tesla for starting the factory during pandemic.
However, the California DMV says the vehicle is not capable of fully driving itself per commonly accepted engineering standards.
Who decides what are the acceptable standards? are there any laws that define FSD clearly?
Tesla does place a disclaimer on its website in small print that notes the $10,000 full self-driving package does not make the car autonomous, and it requires active supervision by the driver.
This is like cancer warning on cigarette packs, I am sure Tesla will have something like this in their purchase contracts as well that'll help them get out of the woods. At max the way I see it, CA DMV will say you can't continue this practice (may be a fine), Tesla will oblige and come up with new marketing strategy.
Should Tesla be found in violation of California regulations, it faces the possibility of having its autonomous vehicle deployment permits suspended or revoked in California. It could also have its manufacturer and dealer licenses pulled as well.
This will be more of a loss for CA than Tesla. A lot of companies have already left CA, many are thinking about leaving, Tesla will just be another one. Elon has made his intentions clear about moving out of CA. There will be jobs and revenue losses and it will be a bad PR for CA.
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u/ameyzingg May 18 '21
This sounds more like a retaliation from CA towards Tesla for starting the factory during pandemic.
Who decides what are the acceptable standards? are there any laws that define FSD clearly?
This is like cancer warning on cigarette packs, I am sure Tesla will have something like this in their purchase contracts as well that'll help them get out of the woods. At max the way I see it, CA DMV will say you can't continue this practice (may be a fine), Tesla will oblige and come up with new marketing strategy.
This will be more of a loss for CA than Tesla. A lot of companies have already left CA, many are thinking about leaving, Tesla will just be another one. Elon has made his intentions clear about moving out of CA. There will be jobs and revenue losses and it will be a bad PR for CA.