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It's not just technical and marketing, it's legal too. And this article references emails from tesla legal team. So legal is telling dmv that it's L2 so it doesn't have to get permits, but that doesn't mean the tech isn't destined to be L3 when it's fully developed and they are ready to submit themselves to regulatory scrutiny.

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Your theory here is they're purposefully downplaying their level of self-driving technology to avoid regulatory processes?

Are they going to keep winking at customers and letting them think it's level 3 so they continue to take their hands off the steering wheel and do other things like countless Youtube videos already capture?

It's a little disturbing how people will jump through so mental hoops to give Tesla the benefit of the doubt.

I don't really see that as giving Tesla the benefit of the doubt. I read it as describing what may be a ploy to avoid the regulatory processes and that may be a valid point.

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