> Come on, obviously they do marketing.

Of course they do. You questioned time and money spent compared to warning clarity and the manual. Having no team for marketing implies little time and money spent. I would say they've spent far more money trying to make it safe and clear in the user manual than trying to mislead customers in a few tweets and a video.

> might lead someone to believe that Autopilot will do what the video shows?

It does do what it shows? The driver is attentive not placing their foot on the pedal and not taking their eyes off the road. I believe that is exactly how FSD operated until forced to implement the nag 4? years after this video was made.

Afaik this is the video congress sent to the FTC, under the awesome Lina Khan, and they chose to do nothing about it. I agree Tesla should do better, but that's different than finding them liable for wrongful death in this specific case.

Germany did something about it. California DMV did something about it. If anything it seems the NHTSA and FTC dropped the ball. That seems to be in Tesla's favor legally.