{"id":22035,"date":"2026-02-19T08:37:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/tesla-avoids-california-sales-ban-by-removing-autopilot-from-marketing\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T08:37:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:37:46","slug":"tesla-avoids-california-sales-ban-by-removing-autopilot-from-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/tesla-avoids-california-sales-ban-by-removing-autopilot-from-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla avoids California sales ban by removing \u2018autopilot\u2019 from marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>State regulators walk back suspension threat and say Tesla has stopped misleading drivers about the safety of its cars<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/tesla\">Tesla<\/a> will avoid a 30-day suspension of its dealer and manufacturer licenses in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/california\">California<\/a>, its biggest market, after the US electric vehicle maker stopped using the term \u201cautopilot\u201d in the marketing of its vehicles in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla now uses the term \u201csupervised\u201d in references to its full self-driving technology and has stopped using \u201cautopilot\u201d entirely in its marketing in the state.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/feb\/18\/tesla-california-autopilot-marketing\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/eef966c87a2b81da8bc545e8e962ec875af8451d\/815_0_4817_3854\/master\/4817.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=2582c68f1e1aa59e8c4219c4541dba6c\" title=\"Tesla avoids California sales ban by removing \u2018autopilot\u2019 from marketing\" \/>State regulators walk back suspension threat and say Tesla has stopped misleading drivers about the safety of its cars<br \/>\nTesla will avoid a 30-day suspension of its dealer and manufacturer licenses in California, its biggest market, after the US electric vehicle maker stopped using the term \u201cautopilot\u201d in the marketing of its vehicles in the state.<br \/>\nTesla now uses the term \u201csupervised\u201d in references to its full self-driving technology and has stopped using \u201cautopilot\u201d entirely in its marketing in the state. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State regulators walk back suspension threat and say Tesla has stopped misleading drivers about the safety of its cars Tesla will avoid a 30-day suspension of its dealer and manufacturer licenses in California, its biggest market, after the US electric vehicle maker stopped using the term \u201cautopilot\u201d in the marketing of its vehicles in the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/tesla-avoids-california-sales-ban-by-removing-autopilot-from-marketing\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tesla avoids California sales ban by removing \u2018autopilot\u2019 from marketing<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22035"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}