The recent Tesla car crash is proof that self-driving cars are still a long way off
3 years, 8 months ago

The recent Tesla car crash is proof that self-driving cars are still a long way off

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The Tesla incident has raised questions over self-driving technology: how safe is it, and how much attention does it require from drivers? The recent crash of a Tesla car in the United States, in which two people died, has reignited debate about the capabilities and safety of today’s “self-driving” technologies. Tesla cars include an “ autopilot ” feature which monitors surrounding traffic and lane markings, and the company is currently rolling out a more advanced “full self-driving” system which promises automatic navigation, stopping at traffic lights, and more. — Elon Musk April 19, 2021 Nonetheless, the tragic incident has raised questions over self-driving technology: how safe is it, and how much attention does it require from drivers? Level 3 vehicles have more autonomy and can make some decisions on their own, but the driver must still remain alert and take control if the system is unable to drive.

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US agency says Tesla’s public statements imply that its vehicles can drive themselves. They can’t
1 month, 2 weeks ago

US agency says Tesla’s public statements imply that its vehicles can drive themselves. They can’t

New Indian Express  

DETROIT: The US government’s highway safety agency says Tesla is telling drivers in public statements that its vehicles can drive themselves, conflicting with owners manuals and briefings with the agency saying the electric vehicles need human supervision. It was attached to a letter seeking information on a probe into crashes involving Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” system in low-visibility conditions. In the …

US agency says Tesla’s public statements imply that its vehicles can drive themselves. They can’t
1 month, 2 weeks ago

US agency says Tesla’s public statements imply that its vehicles can drive themselves. They can’t

Associated Press  

DETROIT — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency says Tesla is telling drivers in public statements that its vehicles can drive themselves, conflicting with owners manuals and briefings with the agency saying the electric vehicles need human supervision. It was attached to a letter seeking information on a probe into crashes involving Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” system in low-visibility conditions. “We …

US agency says Tesla’s public statements imply that its vehicles can drive themselves. They can’t
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

US agency says Tesla’s public statements imply that its vehicles can drive themselves. They can’t

LA Times  

The U.S. government’s highway safety agency says Tesla is telling drivers in public statements that its vehicles can drive themselves, conflicting with owners manuals and briefings with the agency saying the electric vehicles need human supervision. It was attached to a letter seeking information on a probe into crashes involving Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” system in low-visibility conditions. “We believe that …

Can Tesla’s Cybercab and Robovan actually take on Uber?
2 months, 1 week ago

Can Tesla’s Cybercab and Robovan actually take on Uber?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Tesla CEO Elon Musk described it as a “futuristic art deco bus”, but without a windscreen or …

Questions over safety of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system after string of crashes
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Questions over safety of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system after string of crashes

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Three times in the past four months, William Stein, a technology analyst at …

US road safety agency will look into fatal crash near Seattle involving Tesla using automated system
4 months, 3 weeks ago

US road safety agency will look into fatal crash near Seattle involving Tesla using automated system

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy U.S. road safety investigators say …

Tesla driver tells police he was using ‘self-drive’ system when his car hit a parked police vehicle
6 months, 1 week ago

Tesla driver tells police he was using ‘self-drive’ system when his car hit a parked police vehicle

Associated Press  

DETROIT — A Tesla apparently operating on one of the company’s automated driving systems crashed into a parked police vehicle Thursday near Los Angeles, narrowly missing an officer who was managing traffic at another crash. The Tesla driver told police in Fullerton, California, that he engaged the vehicle’s “self-drive” system and used his cell phone, according to a police statement. …

Tesla pushes to increase ‘full self-driving’ software use as vehicle sales cool
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Tesla pushes to increase ‘full self-driving’ software use as vehicle sales cool

Live Mint  

Tesla is stepping up promotion of its driver-assistance technology, called “Full Self-Driving Capability," seeking to expand use of the revenue-generating software feature as it confronts the prospect of lower growth in vehicle deliveries this year. Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, told employees this week in an internal email that customers must receive a test drive using the technology before they …

Congress urged to revive long-stalled debate about regulating self-driving vehicles
1 year, 4 months ago

Congress urged to revive long-stalled debate about regulating self-driving vehicles

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Advocates for the self-driving vehicle industry on Wednesday warned that years of regulatory inaction is putting American manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage and urged Congress to expand their ability to test and eventually sell autonomous cars and trucks. Currently AV manufacturers can deploy a maximum of 2,500 self-driving vehicles for testing, provided they have permission from the National …

Transport minister warns there will be 'moral panic' as self-driving vehicles are rolled out
1 year, 7 months ago

Transport minister warns there will be 'moral panic' as self-driving vehicles are rolled out

Daily Mail  

A 'moral panic' will be caused by the use of self-driving vehicles on public roads, a transport minister has warned. Last month the UK became the first European country to allow drivers to take their hands off car steering wheels on public roads, after the Department for Transport gave manufacturer Ford permission to activate its BlueCruise system on motorways. Last …

Tesla shouldn’t call driving system Autopilot because humans are still in control, Buttigieg says
1 year, 7 months ago

Tesla shouldn’t call driving system Autopilot because humans are still in control, Buttigieg says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Tesla shouldn’t be calling its partially automated driving system Autopilot because the cars can’t drive themselves, the top U.S. transportation official says. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, an agency within Buttigieg’s department, has sent investigative teams to more than 30 crashes since 2016 in which Teslas suspected of operating on Autopilot or its more sophisticated automated Full …

Tesla says its self-driving technology may be a ‘failure’ — but not fraud
2 years ago

Tesla says its self-driving technology may be a ‘failure’ — but not fraud

LA Times  

For years, Elon Musk has made promises about what Tesla markets as Full Self-Driving technology — promises that he’s failed to deliver, as no Tesla on the road today is capable of completely autonomous driving. Tesla’s Full Self-Driving technology may be a failure, Tesla lawyers admit — but it’s not a fraud. If the case goes forward, it could lead …

California regulator claims Tesla falsely advertised Autopilot, Full Self-Driving features
2 years, 4 months ago

California regulator claims Tesla falsely advertised Autopilot, Full Self-Driving features

The Hindu  

Tesla Inc, the electric car company run by billionaire Elon Musk, has been accused by a California state transportation regulator of falsely advertising its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features as providing autonomous vehicle control. In complaints filed with the state Office of Administrative Hearings, California's Department of Motor Vehicles said Tesla misled prospective customers with advertising that overstated how well …

Tesla Autopilot, Full Self-Driving Modes Not Safe at All: US Senators
2 years, 9 months ago

Tesla Autopilot, Full Self-Driving Modes Not Safe at All: US Senators

News 18  

The US Senators have rejected Elon Musk-run Tesla’s claim that its autopilot and full self-driving features are safe for driving, saying this is just “more evasion and deflection from Tesla". Rohan Patel, Senior Director of Public Policy at Tesla, wrote in a letter to the US Senators Richard Blumenthal and Ed Markey that Tesla’s autopilot and FSD capability features “enhance …

Musk's bets on Tesla: no human drivers this year, robots next
2 years, 10 months ago

Musk's bets on Tesla: no human drivers this year, robots next

The Hindu  

Tesla's most important products this year and next will not be cars, CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday, but software that drives them autonomously and a humanoid robot the company expects to help out in the factory. I would be shocked," Musk said,predicting full self-driving would become "the most important source of profitability for Tesla." "It's nutty good from a …

Editorial: Slam the brakes on Tesla’s self-driving madness
3 years ago

Editorial: Slam the brakes on Tesla’s self-driving madness

LA Times  

In recent years, some Tesla owners have had the option to buy a $10,000 software upgrade to test what the company calls its “Full Self-Driving” package, essentially making ordinary drivers on public roads part of a vast experiment of the company’s autonomous vehicle technology. Even though Tesla CEO Elon Musk routinely brags about his company’s driverless technology — helping fuel …

Why do Tesla cars keep crashing into emergency response vehicles? Federal safety agency is investigating
3 years, 4 months ago

Why do Tesla cars keep crashing into emergency response vehicles? Federal safety agency is investigating

LA Times  

Elon Musk, center, leaves a Delaware courthouse in July after defending himself against a civil lawsuit accusing him of stock manipulation. Tesla’s manuals note the driver needs to pay full attention, but the feature has been marketed as a hands-free system, with Chief Executive Elon Musk appearing on television news shows behind the wheel of various Teslas with his hands …

U.S. to require crash reports for driver-assistance autos
3 years, 5 months ago

U.S. to require crash reports for driver-assistance autos

The Hindu  

U.S. safety regulators now will require Tesla and other auto manufacturers that make cars with driver assistance systems to report serious crashes, ramping up scrutiny of these systems after a series of troubling incidents. "By mandating crash reporting, the agency will have access to critical data that will help quickly identify safety issues that could emerge in these automated systems," …

Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ under review in U.S.
3 years, 7 months ago

Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ under review in U.S.

The Hindu  

California's Department of Motor Vehicles is reviewing whether Tesla is violating a state regulation by advertising its vehicles as being fully autonomous without meeting the legal definition of self-driving. Tesla advertises a $10,000 “Full Self-Driving” option on the website for its electric vehicles, but the same website says the vehicles cannot drive themselves. The company based in Palo Alto, California, …

DMV probing whether Tesla violates state regulations with self-driving claims
3 years, 7 months ago

DMV probing whether Tesla violates state regulations with self-driving claims

LA Times  

California DMV Director Steve Gordon stands outside the agency’s headquarters in Sacramento. Tesla is “under review” by the California Department of Motor Vehicles to determine whether the electric car maker misleads customers by advertising its “full self-driving capability” option, the agency told The Times. Asked for detail, DMV spokesperson Anita Gore said via email, “The DMV cannot comment on the …

Investigation of ‘driverless’ Tesla crash could bring new regulation for self-driving cars
3 years, 8 months ago

Investigation of ‘driverless’ Tesla crash could bring new regulation for self-driving cars

Firstpost  

Search warrants have been issued to find out if Tesla’s Autopilot partially automated system was in use at the time of the crash. On Twitter Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote that data logs “recovered so far” show Autopilot wasn’t turned on, and “Full Self-Driving” was not purchased for the vehicle. But it’s also working with “what is an antiquated …

Tesla touts self-driving to consumers. To the DMV, it tells a different tale
3 years, 9 months ago

Tesla touts self-driving to consumers. To the DMV, it tells a different tale

LA Times  

Although Tesla vehicles come with options for partially automated driving on city streets, the manual and legal fine print tell drivers to keep their hands on the wheel. Tesla lawyers recently told the DMV that “there are circumstances and events to which the system is not capable of recognizing and responding.” For years, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has been …

The real self-driving revolution remains years away
3 years, 11 months ago

The real self-driving revolution remains years away

CNN  

CNN — This year, new technologies willenable more drivers to take their hands off the wheel while on the road. “I’m willing to, you know, perhaps trust the automation a little more than I should until something goes disastrously wrong.” There have been fatal crashes when Tesla drivers ignored warnings to keep their hands on the wheel while usingAutopilot.WithSuper Cruise, …

‘I’m not drunk, it’s my car:’ Tesla’s ‘full self-driving’ gets mixed reviews
4 years, 1 month ago

‘I’m not drunk, it’s my car:’ Tesla’s ‘full self-driving’ gets mixed reviews

CNN  

Washington, DC CNN — Tesla has released an early version of its “full self-driving” software to a small group of Tesla enthusiasts, who appear to be both delighted and alarmed by what they’ve experienced so far. From YouTube Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in August that full self-driving’s improvement would be a “quantum leap” from Tesla’s current assisted driving options, …

Tesla's Release of New 'Self-Driving' Software Closely Watched by U.S. Regulator
4 years, 2 months ago

Tesla's Release of New 'Self-Driving' Software Closely Watched by U.S. Regulator

News 18  

The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Thursday it was closely watching Tesla Inc’s release of a software version intended to allow its cars to drive themselves, saying it stood ready to protect the public against safety risks. Tesla on Tuesday night released a beta, or test version, of what it calls a “Full Self Driving” software upgrade to an …

Tesla ‘full self-driving’ vehicles can’t drive themselves
4 years, 2 months ago

Tesla ‘full self-driving’ vehicles can’t drive themselves

Associated Press  

DETROIT — Earlier this week, Tesla sent out its “full self-driving” software to a small group of owners who will test it on public roads. “It is a very limited functionality that still requires constant driver supervision.” On a conference call Wednesday, Musk told industry analysts that the company is starting full self-driving slowly and cautiously “because the world is …

Tesla 'full self-driving' vehicles can't drive themselves
4 years, 2 months ago

Tesla 'full self-driving' vehicles can't drive themselves

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Earlier this week, Tesla sent …

Automakers may be hyping self-driving cars, report warns
4 years, 3 months ago

Automakers may be hyping self-driving cars, report warns

The Hindu  

Automakers may be hyping the capabilities of self-driving vehicles through marketing campaigns. Marketing of auto-driving cars stress on convenience and capabilities, instead of its limitations and safety measures, which can inflate expectations of what the system is capable of handling, a report by American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety said. Motorists using active driving assistance systems, which combine vehicle …

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