Tesla slammed over 'deceptive' Autopilot name in letter to U.S. regulators Tesla slammed over 'deceptive' Autopilot name in letter to U.S. regulators May 23, 2018 dzadmin Comments 0 Comment Two consumer advocacy groups urged the FTC to investigate what they called Tesla’s “deceptive and misleading” use of the name Autopilot for its assisted-driving technology.