美国上诉法院周五撤销了一项命令，该命令允许加利福尼亚州的特斯拉（TSLA.O）客户提起集体诉讼，指控该电动汽车制造商误导他们关于其全自动驾驶技术的能力。
A US appeals court threw out on Friday an order allowing Tesla (TSLA.O) customers in California to pursue class action claims accusing the electric vehicle maker of misleading them about the capabilities of its full self-driving technology.
在裁决中，位于旧金山的美国第九巡回上诉法院的三名法官小组表示，买家在购买前实际看到的情况存在太多个体差异的问题，因此他们无法以集体诉讼的形式维持诉讼。
In its ruling, a three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said there were too many individualized questions about what buyers actually saw before making a purchase, and so they could not sustain their lawsuit as a class action.
上诉法院的裁决目前对特斯拉有利，特斯拉曾敦促该法院撤销去年一名加州法官的命令，该命令批准了三组集体诉讼的认证。该裁决意味着，下级法院此前将其归为一组的数千名加州买家目前无法在单一案件中共同推进其诉求。
The appeals court decision is a win for now for Tesla, which had urged the appeals court to vacate orders by a California judge last year certifying three sets of classes. The ruling means the thousands of California buyers the lower court had grouped together cannot, for now, pursue their claims jointly in a single case.
该裁决并未涉及原告诉讼的实质问题——即指控虚假广告——案件仍在审理中。原告认为，特斯拉歪曲了其车辆硬件在全自动驾驶方面的能力，诱导客户为他们称无法正常工作的软件支付额外费用。
The ruling is not on the merits of the plaintiffs' lawsuit alleging false advertising, and the case remains pending. The plaintiffs contend Tesla is misrepresenting its vehicles' hardware capabilities for full self-driving, convincing customers to pay extra money for software that they say does not work.
在一份声明中，原告律师表示：“我们认为该小组未能充分认识到此案的独特情况，以及硬件声明在特斯拉营销活动中的重要性。”特斯拉未立即回应置评请求。特斯拉已否认原告的指控。
In a statement, the plaintiffs' lawyers said "we think the panel did not fully appreciate the unique circumstances here, and the importance of the hardware statement to Tesla's marketing campaign." Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Tesla has denied the plaintiffs' claims.
在该案的原始审理中，美国地区法院法官丽塔·林去年裁定，数千名潜在买家可能接触到了特斯拉在其网站上的声称：即从2016年10月至今销售的车辆包含实现全自动驾驶所需的硬件。
In the underlying case, US District Judge Rita Lin last year ruled that thousands of prospective buyers were likely exposed to Tesla's claim on its website that vehicles sold from October 2016 to the present contained hardware needed for full self-driving capability.
但上诉法院小组——由巡回法院法官罗纳德·古尔德、杰伊·比比和丹尼尔·布雷斯组成——表示，原告无法证明所有集体成员都接触到了据称虚假的陈述。
But the appeals court panel — Circuit Judges Ronald Gould, Jay Bybee and Daniel Bress — said the plaintiffs could not show that all class members had been exposed to the allegedly false statement.
美国商会提交了一份法庭之友简报，支持特斯拉，并敦促上诉法院撤销该类别认证令。该商业倡导者表示，该基础裁决“威胁着使企业和消费者因过于宽泛且缺乏依据的集体诉讼而面临显著增加的成本。”
The US Chamber of Commerce filed a court brief in support of Tesla and urged the appeals court to strike the class certification orders. The business advocate said the underlying ruling "threatens to substantially increase the costs to businesses and consumers of overbroad and meritless class proceedings."