Self-driving cars made their way with Tesla in a way. However, with slightly varying success.
Skeptics are more than happy to talk about the accidents that have happened with the technology. Because there have been some, is not to stick under a chair. While fanatics like to tell happy stories. Where the car itself has discovered dangers and accidents have been avoided. Because there have also been many cases of that as well, they may not be quite as interesting in a news perspective as the negative angle.
No matter what camp you belong to, you are probably smart enough to accept that this technology is coming. It comes faster than you might think.
The technology ready this year
The other day, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced at a video-broadcast, Chinese IA conference, that autonomous, or completely self-driving cars, can be achieved with the technology that Tesla possesses today.
– I am confident that we will have the basic functionality for autonomy at level five completed already this year, said Elon Musk.
– I think there are no basic challenges left for autonomy driving at level five in a Tesla, Musk added.
– It is a fairly simple software improvement that is needed to achieve level five. I am absolutely certain that this can be achieved with the hardware that is in Tesla today, Musk continued, to the participants at the conference in Shanghai.
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No driver required
Level zero self-driving is completely human control. Level five is the exact opposite end. It is a car that is completely autonomous in any situation. No human driver is required. The car does everything itself.
Today’s systems are at level two or three. Level four is self-driving, but only under good conditions and on certain roads.
Having level five autonomy in the laboratory is one thing. It’s not the same as delivering in cars and letting customers use it.
In addition, there is a significant job in connection with approval by various authorities as well. Just as recently as last year, Tesla’s autopilot was “choked” by new and stricter EU rules. The cars can do far more than they are allowed to.
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Can come fast
So the fact that Tesla is close to solving full autonomy and self-driving for cars should not necessarily be taken as an obligation that we get the systems and updates needed to be able to use this in 2020.
Self-driving has always been one of Tesla’s core values. The company currently has the best and fastest technology to make this work. They already have access to huge amounts of data around this from Tesla, which has driven tens of thousands of kilometers with autonomous technology. Which gives them unique experiences that no other car manufacturer today has.
Although Musk may have been a little too quick and aggressive in promoting the technology, there is little doubt that this is coming. Maybe faster than many people like to think.
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(The article was first published by Broom)
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