Yesterday evening, Elon Musk organized a meeting among Tesla employees, revealing surprising plans. It is a budget electric car model, the price of which, without additional payments, is not to exceed PLN 25,000. dollars (about 95 thousand. PLN). Tania Tesla is likely to have absurd shortcomings in the equipment and there is no exaggeration in that.
Elon Musk was subversive as usual
According to recent leaks, the Tesla Model 2, as the low-cost electrician project is unofficially called, was soon to be ready for production in China. However, at yesterday’s meeting, Elon Musk announced to employees that the vehicle would not make its debut until 2023. Where did this sudden change of plans come from? The billionaire has completely changed the concept of the vehicle’s equipment, which is to lack a few basic components.
“Do we want this car to be equipped with a steering wheel and pedals?” Elon Musk asked. Thus, he made it clear that in a cheap Tesla it may be impossible to manually steer, or even accelerate or brake. This means that without a steering wheel and pedals, the “Tesla Model 2” must be fully autonomous, which now seems like an abstraction. The Full-Self Driving autonomous software is under constant development, but still requires the driver’s attention.
Everything in the hands of engineers and officials
Probably in the budget Tesla there will be no concept of the driver, but the user. After setting the destination on the navigation, the car will independently reach the indicated address. But will Full Self Driving be sufficiently developed by 2023? Industry pundits are skeptical, but Elon Musk strongly believes it. It is also noteworthy that his announcements of full autonomy usually had very quick deadlines. This time we are talking about even 2 years ahead. During this time, spectacular breakthroughs are possible.
Level 5 autonomy (full machine independence) is the goal of many car makers. Elon Musk, as in many cases when it comes to electric cars, wants to be the most innovative, and especially the first. By the end of the month, the latest Full Self-Driving Beta update is to be available for download by a very wide group of Tesla owners. The data used from a large group of drivers are to allow the American manufacturer to make FSD safer than humans. Legislators will partly decide on the success, as it is the regulators who ultimately have to recognize some system as autonomous.
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