"Some of the comments made by Tesla to the DMV are bringing some confusion to people, as they could be interpreted as contradicting what Tesla and Elon Musk are saying publicly."

Are you telling me _Elon Musk_ over promised something? Say it ain't so!

The goal really is to be level 4/5, otherwise there wouldn't be so many serious plans about the robotaxi service.

But they have to get very, very good at level 2 with driver supervision first, so they decided to try to develop it without doing the reporting. To me it looks like they have found a bit of a technicality with the DMV's rules.

So the lawyer just keeps saying "don't worry, we are just working on a really good driver assist".

Personally I think that the DMV should start requiring the FSD Beta program drivers' disengagement data . Doesn't the law say that about test programs?

Tesla actually can build in an automated reporting system fairly easily. It's already set up with the reporting systems for the beta program.

What leverage does the DMV have? I mean, it's not like Musk can just tell the California DMV "fine, anyone who wants a Tesla can just move to Texas like everyone else.". Or something.

The submitter changed the title. The article's actual title is much better.