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The tweets make no mention of where these patents were filed, or when, but the wording of the text says that the vehicle shown in the diagram may be a passenger car, truck, sport utility vehicle, or van. It may also be semi-autonomous or fully-autonomous vehicle, but it seems that Tesla doesn t want these potential features to be made use of while driving, as the key goes on to say that in embodiments, vehicle 100 is not autonomously driven.
Obviously, the goal is to one day have autonomous systems that are so safe that one could face the rear of the car while in the driver s seat, but while that goal is a long way away, this is a great start.
Hurry up and wait
Tesla seems to be defying the odds by retaining its spot as the world s most valuable automaker. For the first three months of the year, the California-based EV manufacturer posted record-breaking deliveries despite challenges posed by the coronavirus and the ongoing microchip shortage affecting numerous manufacturers across the globe. However, this run looks to be at an end as Tesla is being forced to delay deliveries of its Model S and Model X vehicles.
When the refreshed models were unveiled at the start of 2021, Tesla CEO Elon Musk told the media that deliveries would commence in a few weeks time, but that has clearly not happened, and now that promise is being pushed further back.
It s just Level 2, not Level 5.
According to a letter from Tesla to California s Department Of Motor Vehicles (DMV) published on Twitter, Tesla s habit of overpromising and underperforming has hit a new height. Tesla, of course, doesn t put it like that, but the California EV maker has been forced to disclose that Full Self Driving (FSD) Capability is an additional suite of features that builds from Autopilot and is also representative of SAE L2.
SAE International s On-Road Automated Vehicle Standards Committee considers Level 2 ability to be the vehicle either handling acceleration and deceleration, steering, or both, with the expectation of the driver handling every other aspect of driving and being ready to take over full control. That is not what the system name Full Self Driving suggests.
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