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on Friday July 10 2020, @07:39AM
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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: 3, Insightful) by cmdrklarg on Friday July 10 2020, @08:58PM (2 children)
The Autopilot system is aptly named, as it can do as much or better than an aircraft's autopilot. The fact that people misunderstand what an autopilot can actually do shouldn't be Tesla's problem.
Please note that I don't actually disagree with you, as I realize the ease in which people misunderstand things.
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(Score: 2, Disagree) by etherscythe on Saturday July 11 2020, @01:59AM
An autopilot is colloquially understood to be a system that can safely maintain a vehicle's movement path in the environment that the vehicle tends to normally be in. Airplanes do not have to deal with pedestrians or parked police cars, and do just fine. Land-based vehicles have a higher standard in practical terms for this reason, and the current system does not live up to these requirements. As much as I like Tesla, I will say that the name autopilot was an awful idea for anything that is not the final approved level 5 system. Unless you are arguing that only airplane pilots will buy Tesla vehicles...
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by toddestan on Saturday July 11 2020, @03:01AM
I'm certain that it was a very deliberate decision by Tesla to call their system "autopilot" knowing that people commonly misunderstand what an aircraft's autopilot does and hoping that people would then apply that misunderstanding to their cars. Meanwhile having a convenient out as what their system actually is capable of is close to what an aircraft's autopilot actually does.