Tesla is considered to be one of the pioneers in the development of autonomous driving.
But after a video, the electric car pioneer now has to accept harsh criticism of its technology.
Tesla is
working flat out on autonomous driving.
In the current year, the company's own vehicles should be completely
without a driver
.
But as in a hyped video on Facebook, CEO
Elon Musk
probably did not
imagine it
.
Munich - Autonomous driving is considered the next big thing in the auto industry.
Manufacturers around the world are working flat out on the necessary sensors, actuators, camera systems and the highly complex software.
The effort involved is huge.
The
VW
* group
alone
wants to invest a whopping 14 billion euros * in IT competence and autonomous driving by 2024, said group boss
Herbert Diess
on Wednesday at the virtual general meeting in Berlin.
Tesla Full Self-Driving option cost rises by ~ $ 1000 worldwide on July 1st.
Order a Tesla online in less than 2 minutes at https://t.co/qJm9uPBCX5
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 18, 2020
Tesla is considered a pioneer in autonomous driving
Tesla
*
is considered one of the pioneers in the development of autonomous driving
.
He was very confident that full autonomy "will be achieved very quickly", Group boss
Elon Musk
announced in July.
In the current year the company will "achieve the basic functionality for autonomous driving according to level 5".
At level 5 there is no longer a driver.
All vehicle occupants are passengers.
The vehicle is therefore on autopilot during the entire journey and can even perform complex driving maneuvers in the city center, such as driving through intersections or in roundabouts, and brakes at the crosswalk when pedestrians want to cross the street.
Tesla: Spectacular video
A spectacular video from Unilad Tech on Facebook shows what is already possible today with partially autonomous driving.
A
Tesla
- possibly a
Model X
-
crashes
in the fast lane on a US highway.
The supposed driver films the scenery from the passenger seat.
Sitting at the wheel - nobody.
On
, the one-minute strip causes controversy.
In purely technological terms, the requirement to drive autonomously on a straight motorway is no longer too difficult to master.
That was the status in 2014, complains a user.
Tesla: Video angered Facebook users
However, the lack of security technology in the
Tesla
model
causes real outrage among many users
.
Actually, the car shouldn't even start driving if no driver is at the steering wheel, writes one user.
It is "very strange that there are no corresponding sensors in the driver's seat that prevent driving on autopilot when nobody is behind the wheel," he writes.
It is "shocking" that Tesla has not installed a technical fuse here, wonders another.
The (co-) driver also gets his fat off.
The behavior is "reckless" and "completely irresponsible".
This is a blatant violation of
Tesla
and the driver against the road traffic regulations, thinks another user.
Such behavior must be punished "with driving license revocation and imprisonment," demands another.
Many go further and consider the exit in the passenger seat to be simply “a crime”.
The driver is a "solid post".
"I hope the police catch him and punish him," writes another user.
He risked "not only his own life, but also the innocent".
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