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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode faces backlash after a test video showed it ignoring a stopped school bus and hitting a child-sized mannequin multiple times. Reported by Engadget, the ...
The Dawn Group said the latest version of the software did not prevent a Tesla from striking a child-sized mannequin while illegally passing a stopped school bus.
In the tests, a Tesla in self-driving mode appared to fail to slow for a stopped school bus and struck a child-sized dummy during eight separate trials. Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.
Tesla says its vehicles that are equipped with the latest versions of its vaunted "Full Self-Driving" system can travel from point to point with little human intervention.
Tesla's self-driving mode requires regular interventions to prevent crash A new test by an automotive research firm found that Full Self-Driving requires intervention every 13 miles.
An activist organization staged a demonstration in Austin, showing how a Tesla with Full Self-Driving technology reportedly failed to stop for a child-sized dummy.
Stein’s experiences, along with a Seattle-area Tesla crash involving Full Self-Driving that killed a motorcyclist in April, have drawn the attention of federal regulators.
Stein’s experiences, along with a Seattle-area Tesla crash involving Full Self-Driving that killed a motorcyclist in April, have drawn the attention of federal regulators.
Full Self-Driving is being used on public roads by roughly 500,000 Tesla owners — slightly more than one in five Teslas in use today. Most of them paid $8,000 or more for the optional system.
Full Self-Driving is being used on public roads by roughly 500,000 Tesla owners — slightly more than 1 in 5 Teslas in use today. Most of them paid $8,000 or more for the optional system.