For the better part of a decade, Elon Musk has promised that Tesla’s Full Self-Driving will arrive “next year” — but it turns out that he may be the reason it hasn’t. He supposedly chose a few years ago to eliminate in-car radar sensors in an effort to reduce theContinue Reading
Tesla, controlled by Elon Musk, has halted all new installations of its contentious “Full Self-Driving” software after federal authorities considered it a “crash risk.” Anybody who has purchased the $15,000 FSD add-on but has not yet installed it — even if they have recently done so — will be unableContinue Reading
Tesla is recalling over 360,000 vehicles and is warning that its “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) technology, which is currently in testing, “may cause collisions.” The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ordered the recall today, requiring the EV manufacturer to release an over-the-air software upgrade to impacted vehicles. Tesla’s misleadingly namedContinue Reading
The Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets, a Washington, DC-based lobbying group that represents a number of auto industry giants, has changed its name to the “Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association” (AVIA), a significant departure from the phrase “self-driving.” While the association did not name Tesla specifically in its statement, the actionContinue Reading
When it comes to Tesla’s infamous self-driving software suite, dubbed “Full Self-Driving,” (FSD) the company appears to be deferring to its drivers the decision of whether to stop the car upon seeing a stop sign or allow it to slow to a crawl before picking up speed again (which is,Continue Reading
Apple Inc. is accelerating development of its electric car and centering the project on complete self-driving capabilities. The auto team has been pursuing two parallel pathways for several years: developing a model with limited self-driving skills focused on steering and acceleration – comparable to many existing cars – or developingContinue Reading
The highly anticipated and long-awaited Tesla FSD Beta Version 9 is finally here! The new update began rolling out to members of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta program during the wee hours of the Sunday morning. Tesla provided Release Notes for the new FSD Beta update and the first thingContinue Reading
After Tesla once again delayed the launch of its next “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) software beta, Elon Musk admitted that he’s been caught off guard by just how difficult it is to develop autonomous vehicles. Self-driving was a “hard problem” that “requires solving a large part of real-world AI,” Musk tweeted.Continue Reading
