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Elon Musk Says Full Self-Driving Tesla Tech "Very Close"

posted by martyb on Friday July 10 2020, @07:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the blizzards-and-downpours-and-lightning-oh-my! dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Tesla 'very close' to full self-driving, Musk says:

Tesla will be able to make its vehicles completely autonomous by the end of this year, founder Elon Musk has said.

It was already "very close" to achieving the basic requirements of this "level-five" autonomy, which requires no driver input, he said.

Tesla's current, level-two Autopilot requires the driver to remain alert and ready to act, with hands on the wheel.

But a future software update could activate level-five autonomy in the cars - with no new hardware, he said.

Regulatory hurdles could block implementation even if the remaining technical hurdles are overcome.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 10 2020, @08:02AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 10 2020, @08:02AM (#1018985)

    Right into a stopped police car.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday July 10 2020, @01:55PM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 10 2020, @01:55PM (#1019059) Journal

    Which makes them quite dangerous when "very close" (grin)

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    • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday July 10 2020, @02:52PM (2 children)

      by Freeman (732) on Friday July 10 2020, @02:52PM (#1019085) Journal

      All objects of significant enough size+mass moving at a significant enough speed are dangerous when "very close".

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      • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 10 2020, @05:22PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 10 2020, @05:22PM (#1019164)

        There's no need to make yo momma jokes so complicated. Just look at this post.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 11 2020, @01:40PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 11 2020, @01:40PM (#1019489)

        Well that's what she said.