Tesla scored a landmark victory after an appeals court reversed an earlier ruling to stop advertising the Autopilot and FSD in Germany. The lawsuit was filed in 2019 by the non-profit industry group Wettbewerbszentrale, which considered the formulations misleading.
Tesla is no stranger to lawsuits, and recently Elon Musk announced the company would significantly strengthen its legal department. “Tesla policy is never to give in to false claims, even if we would lose, and never to fight true claims, even if we would win,” wrote the outspoken CEO on Twitter two weeks ago. Tesla scored a big win in Germany, reversing a decision that seemed poised to haunt the EV maker in the country and possibly throughout the European Union.
Two years ago, the non-profit industry group Wettbewerbszentrale (Center for Combating Unfair Competition) sued Tesla for misleadingly use of the Autopilot and “full potential for autonomous driving” (FSD) formulations in its advertising materials and on its website. In July 2020, the Munich Regional Court ruled in Wettbewerbszentrale’s favor, without Tesla budging an inch from its course. Instead of gracefully accepting defeat, Tesla appealed the verdict.
The legal procedure has followed its course behind the scenes, as Teslamag has found. Tesla continued to use the same terms on its website and other marketing materials. At the same time, the legal trial advanced to the Higher Regional Court. The judgment was not previously known, as Teslamag only...
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