Tesla has been told by the German transport ministry to stop using the term “autopilot” because it is a “misleading term.”

As reported by the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, the German transport minister Alexander Dobrindt wrote a letter to Tesla saying: “In order to prevent misunderstanding and incorrect customers’ expectations, we demand that the misleading term ‘autopilot’ is no longer used in advertising the system.”

As far as we’re aware, this is the first time that a government has asked Tesla to stop using the term “autopilot.” There has been pressure building over the last few months for car companies in general to avoid using terms like self-driving, autonomous, and autopilot, though.