autoevolution
8 May 2021, 5:39 UTC ·
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In March this year, Tesla admitted to the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) that, despite the name, neither Autopilot nor the newer Full Self-Driving Suite were fully self-driving. On a related note, maybe it’s best not to believe the hype that we’ll be getting Level 5 autonomy (L5) by the end of the year.
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Even Tesla’s most diehard supporters will admit that Autopilot and the more advanced FSD Beta are misnomers: they are, despite the fancy names, only driver-assist features that require constant supervision and intervention. Advanced features, to be sure, but still driver-assist ones. That said, to hear it from Tesla, especially after Elon Musk’s most heated proclamations on the topic, was unexpected.