Boy oh boy does Elon have a lot of issues at the moment. On top of sacking 10% of Tesla staff because sales have plummeted, then yesterday sacking the team behind the Supercharger network, which has to scare you if you have a Tesla or another EV with an NACS plug, the self driving capabilities of Tesla have come under scrutiny. An organization called The Dawn Project conducted tests on Tesla’s self driving capabilities, and the results were not good. In fact, if Tesla’s full self driving were to take a driving test, it would fail. To make matters worse, according to The Dawn Project, Tesla has not fixed any of these issues, but they also tried to silence them.
Classy Elon. Really Classy.
But we’re not done. The NTHSA has looked in this and said the following:
A comparison of Tesla’s design choices to those of L2 peers identified Tesla as an industry outlier in its approach to L2 technology by mismatching a weak driver engagement system with Autopilot’s permissive operating capabilities.
Translation: Tesla’s self-driving software lacks the necessary safeguards to protect people.
The NTHSA also said this:
Notably, the term “Autopilot” does not imply an L2 assistance feature, but rather elicits the idea of drivers not being in control. This terminology may lead drivers to believe that the automation has greater capabilities than it does and invite drivers to overly trust the automation. Peer vehicles generally use more conservative terminology like “assist,” “sense,” or “team” to imply that the driver and automation are intended to work together, with the driver supervising the automation.
Translation: Tesla’s marketing is kind of playing fast and loose with the term “Autopilot” giving consumers the perception that it is more capable than it really is.
The net result is that the NTHSA is taking another look into Tesla and self driving. And you can bet that this look is going to be far more involved than the last look that the government agency did. Which is a good thing because we all deserve to be safe on the roads. And if you have a company that might be throwing caution to the wind in order to sell cars, that company needs to be held accountable. That likely explains why Tesla cut the price on full self driving and gave away a free one month trial recently. Elon knows that accountability is coming, and it’s coming very soon.
Sucks to be you Elon.
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Elon Caught Hyping Up Tesla’s Self Driving Claims To The Determent Of Having Safe Roads For All
Boy oh boy does Elon have a lot of issues at the moment. On top of sacking 10% of Tesla staff because sales have plummeted, then yesterday sacking the team behind the Supercharger network, which has to scare you if you have a Tesla or another EV with an NACS plug, the self driving capabilities of Tesla have come under scrutiny. An organization called The Dawn Project conducted tests on Tesla’s self driving capabilities, and the results were not good. In fact, if Tesla’s full self driving were to take a driving test, it would fail. To make matters worse, according to The Dawn Project, Tesla has not fixed any of these issues, but they also tried to silence them.
Classy Elon. Really Classy.
But we’re not done. The NTHSA has looked in this and said the following:
A comparison of Tesla’s design choices to those of L2 peers identified Tesla as an industry outlier in its approach to L2 technology by mismatching a weak driver engagement system with Autopilot’s permissive operating capabilities.
Translation: Tesla’s self-driving software lacks the necessary safeguards to protect people.
The NTHSA also said this:
Notably, the term “Autopilot” does not imply an L2 assistance feature, but rather elicits the idea of drivers not being in control. This terminology may lead drivers to believe that the automation has greater capabilities than it does and invite drivers to overly trust the automation. Peer vehicles generally use more conservative terminology like “assist,” “sense,” or “team” to imply that the driver and automation are intended to work together, with the driver supervising the automation.
Translation: Tesla’s marketing is kind of playing fast and loose with the term “Autopilot” giving consumers the perception that it is more capable than it really is.
The net result is that the NTHSA is taking another look into Tesla and self driving. And you can bet that this look is going to be far more involved than the last look that the government agency did. Which is a good thing because we all deserve to be safe on the roads. And if you have a company that might be throwing caution to the wind in order to sell cars, that company needs to be held accountable. That likely explains why Tesla cut the price on full self driving and gave away a free one month trial recently. Elon knows that accountability is coming, and it’s coming very soon.
Sucks to be you Elon.
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