[_lmm8]

Its nice to make semantic distinctions, but thats not how most of the population (people buying the car) think of it.

[DenisM]

How do you know what the population thinks? Have there been an polls done?

[_lmm8]

Because the original parent comment is using an analogy to aviation terms, and depending on a more than cursory understanding of the limits of an aircraft autopilot. I am willing to make a monetary bet most members of the population do not understand the precise limitations of an aircraft autopilot, though I admit I have not conducted a poll to verify this. I also think Tesla likely named it this to differentiate it from the competitions systems, and in my eyes it is pretty obvious what distinction they were aiming for most people to make.

[close04]

They should simply call it "Driver Assistance" which is very appropriate for such systems.

[AnthonyMouse]

It's the same thing as putting "fat free" on the Twizzlers. It's technically true which means they can get away with it. Except that that probably kills more people than "autopilot" ever will.

[TazeTSchnitzel]

It's not food companies' fault that the English word “fat” has multiple meanings and is the normal word for several of them.