PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) – Tesla says the term “Autopilot” was mistakenly removed from the electric car maker’s website for China and it will be restored.
The company says it did revise some language on the site to make it clearer to drivers that Autopilot is a driver-assist system and not a self-driving system.
Last week, a driver in Beijing relying on Autopilot mode sideswiped a car parked on the side of the road. Tesla says the driver’s hands weren’t detected on the steering wheel during the crash. The company says drivers using Autopilot must keep their hands on the wheel and be ready to take over.
Tesla spokeswoman Khobi Brooklyn says the language revisions were in the works for weeks and not related to “current events or articles.”