Overview
- Tesla filed a Feb. 13 complaint in California Superior Court seeking to set aside a December 2025 administrative ruling that its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving marketing violated state law.
- The DMV said on Feb. 17 that Tesla’s corrective actions removed the need for a 30-day suspension of its dealer and manufacturer licenses in California.
- Tesla discontinued the Autopilot package in the U.S. and Canada, rebranded its system as “Full Self-Driving (Supervised),” and shifted FSD to a $99-per-month subscription, ending the prior $8,000 purchase option.
- In its lawsuit, Tesla argues regulators never proved consumer confusion and contends the DMV long knew of the Autopilot and FSD branding, challenging the basis for the false-advertising label.
- The case unfolds as legal and regulatory risks intensify, including a federal judge upholding a $243 million Autopilot crash verdict and an NHTSA probe into FSD-related incidents.