Latest Tesla News Contradicts Musk s Claim; Could Be Bad News For Self-Driving Car Fans
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In March, Musk claimed the FSD Beta has expanded to approximately 2,000 owners
A memo reveals Musk is extrapolating on the rates of improvement
A Tesla engineer has informed California regulators that the electric vehicle company might not have a fully self-driving vehicle ready for this year.
The information comes from documents dated May 6 exchanged between the California Department of Motor Vehicles and several Tesla employees, including CJ Moore, the company s autopilot engineer. The documents were released by the legal transparency group PlainSite, which got them under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Tesla Memo Says Fully Driverless Technology May Not Be Ready for Prime Time This Year
Tesla Inc. told a California regulator that it may not achieve full self-driving technology by the end of this year, a memo by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) showed. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said during an earnings conference call in January that he was “highly confident the car will be able to drive itself with reliability in excess of human this year.”
Tesla has also rolled out what it describes as a “beta” version of its “full self-driving” (FSD) program to a limited number of employees and customers since October, and Musk has touted the capability on Twitter.
- May 10, 2021
Despite tall claims made by Elon Musk over Twitter about the full self-driving technology, electric car-maker Tesla has privately admitted that such claims do not match up with the engineering reality.
Tesla vehicles are far from reaching a level of autonomy often described by Musk on social media, according to an internal memo obtained by transparency portal Plainsite.
“Elon’s tweet does not match engineering reality per CJ. Tesla is at Level 2 currently,” Tesla’s director of Autopilot software CJ Moore told the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
Level 2 technology refers to a semi-automated driving system, which requires supervision by a human driver.
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Elon Musk s self driving claims contradicted by Tesla engineers
Tesla s director of Autopilot told regulators the billionaire s claims do not match engineering reality
9 May 2021 • 9:56pm
Elon Musk’s enthusiastic public claims about Tesla’s self-driving technology have been privately contradicted by the car company’s own employees, who told authorities that the billionaire’s comments do not “match engineering reality”.
Documents from California’s Department of Motor Vehicles appear to show that a Tesla director told the regulator that the company was some way away from being fully autonomous.
Mr Musk has repeatedly stated that Tesla is approaching the point where its vehicles can drive themselves. Since 2016, the company has sold cars that it says will be capable of being fully autonomous, and has allowed users to pay thousands of dollars up front for access to the technology when it is available.