<div id="readability-page-1">Tesla has dispelled reports that it is facing a thirty-day sales suspension in California after the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) issued a penalty to the company after a judge ruled it “misled consumers about its driver-assistance technology.” On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that the California DMV was planning to adopt the penalty but decided to put it on ice for ninety days, giving Tesla an opportunity to “come into compliance.” <blockquote>Tesla enters interesting situation with Full Self-Driving in California</blockquote> Tesla responded to the report on Tuesday evening, after it came out, stating that this was a “consumer protection” order that was brought up over its use of the term “Autopilot.” The company said “not one single customer came forward to say there’s a problem,” yet a judge and the DMV determined it was, so they want to apply the penalty if Tesla doesn’t oblige. However, Tesla said that its sales operations in California “will continue uninterrupted.” It confirmed this in an X post on Tuesday night: <blockquote> This was a “consumer protection” order about the use of the term “Autopilot” in a case where not one single customer came forward to say there’s a problem. Sales in California will continue uninterrupted. — Tesla North America (@tesla_na) December 17, 2025</blockquote> The report and the decision by the DMV and Judge involved sparked outrage from the Tesla community, who stated that it should do its best to get out of California. One X post said California “didn’t deserve” what Tesla had done for it in terms of employment, engineering, and innovation. Tesla has used Autopilot and Full Self-Driving for years, but it did add the term “(Supervised)” to the end of the FSD suite earlier this year, potentially aiming to protect itself from instances like this one. This is the first primary dispute over the terminology of Full Self-Driving, but it has undergone some scrutiny at the federal level, as some government officials have claimed the suite has “deceptive” naming. Previous Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was vocally critical of the use of the name “Full Self-Driving,” as well as “Autopilot.” The post Tesla dispels reports of ‘sales suspension’ in California appeared first on TESLARATI.</div>

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Tesla has clarified that its sales in California will continue uninterrupted despite reports of a potential suspension due to a "consumer protection" order regarding its "Autopilot" terminology. The California DMV issued a penalty, but Tesla stated no customers reported issues. The company aims to comply within 90 days to avoid penalties. The situation has sparked debate over Tesla's contributions to California and its use of "Full Self-Driving" terminology.

- Tesla has denied reports of a thirty-day sales suspension in California, attributing the penalty to a DMV ruling that it misled consumers regarding driver-assistance technology.  
- The DMV has paused the penalty for ninety days to allow Tesla to comply, while the company maintains that no customer complaints have been made.  
- Tesla's sales operations will continue uninterrupted, despite community outrage regarding the terminology used for its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features.