Closed consultation

Automated vehicles: protecting marketing terms

From:
Department for Transport and Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Published
10 June 2025

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Summary

Seeks views on protecting the use of certain terms in vehicle marketing so they can only be used for authorised automated (self-driving) vehicles.

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Consultation description

The Automated Vehicles Act 2024 protects certain terms from being used to market vehicles that have not been authorised as automated vehicles. This will help prevent misunderstanding by ensuring that protected terms are only used when marketing vehicles that meet our self-driving standards.

We are seeking views on which terms should be protected.

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Automated vehicles: protecting marketing terms  

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Draft statutory instrument: the Automated Vehicles (Marketing Restrictions) Regulations 2026

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