Elon Musk releases more details about Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving Beta’

Elon Musk releases more details about Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving Beta’ wider release

Electrek.co by Fred Lambert October 7, 2021

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[{"selector":"#anim-d99aca19-457f-4877-84c5-435630efced6","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] As we previously reported, there are also some problems with Tesla’s “safety score” as it penalizes some owners through no fault of their own. Last week, Musk said that Tesla would release a new FSD Beta update , v10.2, on Friday, October 8, and that the automaker would start pushing the update to around 1,000 new owners per day starting with those with the best “safety score.”

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[{"selector":"#anim-934ac9c3-9b9d-4ce8-8f59-4693d03df9b2","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Musk also said today that Tesla would improve its safety score system to address some of the current issues: Definitely, further refinements coming to (early beta) safety test score. It will be refined continuously until it is an extremely good predictor of crash probability. Exciting actuarial problem!

[{"selector":"#anim-eb235e04-7035-484e-896a-b4a00ce43bd5","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] As a reminder, while the package is called “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) and comes with the promise of eventually enabling that capability, it currently doesn’t provide an actual full self-driving system.

[{"selector":"#anim-8001e2db-d2cb-454c-bc70-7a526e7309f5","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Tesla FSD Beta enables Tesla vehicles to virtually drive themselves both on highways and city streets by simply entering a location in the navigation system, but it is still considered a level 2 driver assist since it requires driver supervision at all times. The driver remains responsible for the vehicle, and needs to keep their hands on the steering wheel, ready to take control.