AlanSubie4Life
Efficiency Obsessed Member
I'm not really in this camp, since they are not testing autonomous driving! I certainly understand people who have safety concerns about Tesla's approach, but it's very clear they are not testing an autonomous driving system (by that I mean above level 2; if level 2 is “autonomous” per SAE (no idea, not going to read the text again) that just isn’t what I am defining as autonomous in this context), at least to me it seems clear.I am fully in the camp that Tesla should admit that they are testing autonomous driving and they should submit disengagement reports to the CA DMV. I think it would be more honest and more transparent.
I think Tesla is pursuing an optimal strategy for themselves, based on where they find themselves technically amongst the competition, and they are making (potential) use of their strength - fleet size.
I don’t see any benefit in having regulatory oversight at this point, given the current capability of their system. It would immediately take away one of their advantages!
We’ll see if it works out for them. At some point it might make sense to start testing in California. I know some people think they are testing autonomous driving (consistently) elsewhere but I suspect we’d have evidence of that if they were. The simplest explanation is that for where they are, there is currently no need. That makes sense, since they haven’t yet finished perception (according to Elon anyway).
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