Tesla could be forced to report Full Self-Driving Beta data to DMV

Tesla could be forced to report Full Self-Driving Beta data to DMV after ‘videos showing dangerous use’

Electrek.co by Fred Lambert

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[{"selector":"#anim-ac053aee-22b9-4a59-9b37-19578389acff","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Many companies from Apple to Tesla have been testing autonomous driving technology in California. The California DMV requires them to share data from their autonomous driving programs, like disengagements and accidents.

[{"selector":"#anim-6f98d73d-17e8-466b-8bf2-9f7dc4000290","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Tesla has been able to avoid sharing this data with the DMV, and it has officially only logged in a few hundred miles of “autonomous test driving” in the state over the last seven years.

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[{"selector":"#anim-a2d87ca0-575a-4e00-bfb1-27655b6a9166","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] But since the release of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta program, things have been more complicated.

[{"selector":"#anim-ae904ae6-2536-4a22-95e8-551f9a5adc22","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Full Self-Driving Beta (FSD Beta) is an early version of Tesla’s self-driving software that is currently being tested by a fleet of Tesla owners selected by the company through its “ safety test score .”

[{"selector":"#anim-02879c67-2eda-4b77-ad5a-039f94abe32e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The software enables the vehicle to drive autonomously to a destination entered in the car’s navigation system, but the driver needs to remain vigilant and ready to take control at all times.

[{"selector":"#anim-101fa809-59e9-45d6-a707-f5e81ec98545","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Since the responsibility lies with the driver and not Tesla’s system, it is still considered a level-two driver-assist system despite its name.

[{"selector":"#anim-88462bd3-f8b3-40a4-b066-bbca853f59b1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":500,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more abo ut Tesla's role in reporting its Full Self-Driving data to the DMV and read Electrek's take at Electrek.co.