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Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ Becomes ‘Assisted Driving’ in Europe

The automaker has been criticized for misleading drivers with the feature’s name. Now it’s renaming it for European regulators.

Tarun Mottlia

Via WIRED

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Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ Becomes ‘Assisted Driving’ in Europe
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Tesla offered to change the name, according to a statement by the German Transport Ministry. The statement says that German Transport Minister Steffen Bilger found the “FSD” name “somewhat misleading.” After discussions with Tesla last month, Bilger said he would now advocate for European regulators to approve the feature “as quickly as possible.” The EU will likely vote on its approval by the end of the year.

On Friday, Tesla began using the Tesla Assisted Driving language on its European…

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