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FSDC means all sorts of different things, and even Tesla has said some of the biggest challenges are regulatory. Should we narrow the assumptions?
1) In California
2) Without anyone in the car at all
3) Summoned to you using your cell phone
4) Finding a parking space when you get out and walk away
They could build as many pieces and perfect it every which way, the biggest hurdle(s) is regulatory approval in states and countries. Until then, its a moot point when the actual hardware and software are perfected and how fast advances are made. It may help regulatory approval happen faster, but still the "chicken and egg" paradox is the battle.One thing I feel that people often fail to take into account is that past advances usually (not always) accelerate future development.
I develop software for a living, it's always really slow to develop a product when you start from scratch because you have to build so many pieces, the more pieces you develop the faster things go.
In other words, things often start really slow then they hit a point that velocity begins to increase exponentially.
I can see the same thing happening here with FSDC, they have already built so many pieces of auto pilot that the velocity of future advances will come faster and faster.
I think a theme of 2017 is going to be "sooner than you think"
They could build as many pieces and perfect it every which way, the biggest hurdle(s) is regulatory approval in states and countries. Until then, its a moot point when the actual hardware and software are perfected and how fast advances are made. It may help regulatory approval happen faster, but still the "chicken and egg" paradox is the battle.
They won't change the regulations until other big car companies catches up with AP technology. It requires a critical mass to push things foward.
Tesla says "by the end of 2017" for FSDC (14 months from annouce)
Big difference between someone in the drivers seat and not though.As a transportation lobbyist in DC I can tell you that this technology is at least 3-5 years away from full federal approval. That timeline does not even take into account the various state laws although federal law should supersede in most cases. Autonomous driving will not be a major goal of the new administration so USDOT will continue to move at a snails pace. I am very close to this issue and am a proud model x driver who would like nothing more than to see fully autonomous vehicles but there are strong forces in DC lobbying against this.
... I am very close to this issue and am a proud model x driver who would like nothing more than to see fully autonomous vehicles but there are strong forces in DC lobbying against this.