Tesla: Elon Musk promises autonomous cars – in just a year
Created: 05/29/2022Updated: 05/29/2022 07:22
By: Simon Mones
In Brazil, Tesla boss Elon Musk has announced fully autonomous cars – it should be ready in a year.
But is that realistic at all?
Austin – When it comes to Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature, alarm bells ring among many experts.
The system still has glaring weaknesses and, for example, ran over stop signs, which led to a recall.
In addition, the beta version is relatively easy to trick.
Tesla boss Elon Musk (50) still sticks to the system and even announced that electric cars will soon be on the road without a driver.
During a visit to Brazil, Musk said, according to Elektrek, that in about a year Tesla will offer cars that don't require a human to be behind the wheel.
Both with “autopilot” and with “full self-driving”, the driver must still be able to intervene at any time.
Tesl cars will be fully autonomous as early as May 2023.
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Tesla: Elon Musk promises autonomous cars – in just a year
However, it is doubtful whether Tesla will really be able to make electric cars fully autonomous in a year's time - i.e. around May 2023 - if you consider the problems that still exist with "full self-driving".
In addition, it would not be the first full-bodied announcement from Elon Musk that the US company cannot comply with.
Probably the most prominent example is the Cybertruck, which should come onto the market in 2021.
Its launch has been postponed several times and is now also scheduled for 2023.
In addition, since 2020, Musk has repeatedly stated that one million Tesla robot taxis will be on the roads by the end of the year.
The 50-year-old now speaks of a million people using the FSD Beta.
Tesla: FSD should be safe enough to work without a driver - there are doubts
As part of the beta test, the US company wants to collect data in order to train the neural networks and thus further improve the "FSD".
At some point, the system should be secure enough to be used without driver supervision.
However, after the schedule was repeatedly missed, there are doubts as to whether this is really possible.
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Unlike other manufacturers, Tesla only uses cameras without additional support from sensors.
Mercedes shows how difficult it is to implement fully autonomous vehicles.
Despite redundant systems, the Drive Pilot, the first approved Level 3 system ever, still requires the presence of a driver and may only be used on the freeway - and only up to a speed of 60. The system is therefore only suitable as a traffic jam Assistant.
