Autopilot Ads Should Be Reined in, Consumer Group Argues

Consumer Watchdog wants rules limiting hype about self-driving cars

Carmakers should be a bit more circumspect in their claims for self-driving cars, a California consumer group thinks. Consumer Watchdog wants the California Department of Motor Vehicles to ban misleading ads that leave the dangerous – and sometimes fatal – impression that a car is more capable of driving itself than is actually the case.

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