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on Friday July 10 2020, @07:39AM
from the blizzards-and-downpours-and-lightning-oh-my! dept.
from the blizzards-and-downpours-and-lightning-oh-my! dept.
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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Elon Musk Says Full Self-Driving Tesla Tech "Very Close"
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(Score: 2) by ledow on Friday July 10 2020, @03:46PM (1 child)
Whoever is in control has liability.
If the car is driving and you don't interfere in its decisions - it's liable.
If the car is driving and you override it - you're liable.
If you're driving - you're liable.
I can't be liable for something that I cannot affect, or couldn't reasonably be construed to be "in control of". An emergency stop button isn't control, because then I'm only liable if I press it, not if it needs to be pressed and I can't/didn't/won't.
That's why all manufacturers are pushing "responsibility/control" to the driver at the moment.
Change that, you change the liability, people sue you for running over their foot in the supermarket. Thousands. Millions of them. All suing one entity. It doesn't scale.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 11 2020, @03:57PM
If you're a friend of the President, then you get a pardon.
No need to bother with tricky laws and word games.