How about we push penalties misleading advertising and deceptive marketing that Tesla is know for?
Why are these issues in competition with one another?
> https://www.cadillac.com/world-of-cadillac/innovation/super-...
> Super Cruise is the first true hands-free driving-assistance feature for compatible roads
vs
> https://www.tesla.com/autopilot
> Tesla cars come standard with advanced hardware capable of providing Autopilot features, and full self-driving capabilities
Both are SAE J3016 level 2 systems. This engineering standard calls this literally "driver support features" and says they are not "automated driving features". Tesla is really stretching per the SAE spec.
https://www.sae.org/binaries/content/gallery/cm/articles/pre...
Tesla is literally the only automaker that does business in the US that advertises their assistance system this way.
I have never once seen an ad for Tesla.
Their second definition: "a public notice, especially in print". So, yes, by that definition.
The second definition is second for a reason, though: The first usage is more common. When people say "Tesla doesn't advertise", they mean the first definition. Trying to conflate it with the second definition does not take the discussion anywhere useful.
Not at all a compelling argument.
Per the Oxford dictionary (https://www.lexico.com/definition/advertisement), the first definition of "advertisement" is "a notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy."
Per Mirriam-Webster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advertisement), the first definition of "advertisement" is "a public notice".
Per Collins (https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/adverti...), the first definition of "advertisement" is "an announcement online, or in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about something such as a product, event, or job."
Per Cambridge (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/advertis...), the first definition of "advertisement" is "a picture, short film, song, etc. that tries to persuade people to buy a product or service, or a piece of text that tells people about a job, etc."
All that's happened here is that they've been advertised at and they have swallowed the advertising hook, line, and sinker.
And because they'd prefer to think of themselves as sophisticated rather than gullible, they then make these dishonest semantic arguments in order to find some desperate difference between marketing and advertising that their ego can live with.
They notoriously don't advertise. Are you referring to the after-savings price calculator on the sales pages?