Tesla would be able to continue referring to the capabilities of its driver assistance system and to autonomous driving in its advertising in Germany when a court would threw out a complaint against the practice. Germany's Wettbewerbszentrale, an industry-sponsored body tasked that have been policing anti-competitive practices, had filed the so-called non-admissibility complaint with Germany's Federal Court of Justice.

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Wettbewerbszentrale filed complaint with Germany's Federal Court of Justice
The complaint got rejected on July 28 which allowed Tesla to use the phrases
Tesla has been facing probes into accidents involving its Autopilot feature

A spokesperson for the court had mentioned that the complaint had been rejected on July 28, which had been effectively permitting Tesla to continue the usage of the phrases 'full potential for autonomous driving' and 'Autopilot inclusive' in its German advertising materials.

Earlier this week, the industry publication Teslamag has first reported the rejection.

Wettbewerbszentrale’s complaint had come in response to a ruling by the upper regional court Munich in October 2021 that had confirmed an appeal by Tesla against a previous verdict by a lower district court that had prohibited the utilization of the phrases.

Tesla earlier this month was even accused by a California state transportation regulator of incorrectly advertising its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving options as offering autonomous vehicle control.

Two American lawmakers who use to chair subcommittees overseeing auto safety had questioned the federal auto safety regulator for a briefing on its probes into crashes along with Tesla electric vehicles which had been using the Autopilot and advanced driver assistance systems.

Therefore, the US Senator Gary Peters and Representative Jan Schakowsky, both Democrats have asked in the letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that they have been concerned that 'federal investigations and current reporting have uncovered troubling safety issues' at Tesla.

The lawmakers have eventually asked, 'given the mounting number of fatalities which would include Tesla vehicles getting crashed into tractor trailers...has NHTSA which considered opening a defect investigation into this issue?'

Well, the letter added 'does NHTSA had strike a balance between investigative thoroughness and had been addressing urgent, rising risks to motor safety?' if the agency would have enough resources and legal authority to properly investigate advanced driver assistance systems.

In July, NHTSA Administrator Steve Cliff has mentioned that he needed to complete the investigation into Tesla's advanced driver assistance system Autopilot 'as quickly as we would be able to do so but along with it I want to get it correct. There has been plenty of information that requires us to comb through.'

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