Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, made radical promises when calling the company’s winnings on Tuesday, joining that there are “thousands” of Optimus Humanoid robots wandering at Tesla factories at the “end of this year” and that he “would sell entirely autonomous walks in June to Austin” “perhaps ten or 20 vehicles on the first day”.
“There will be millions of teslas operating entirely independently in the second half of next year,” promised Musk.
While investors were apparently satisfied simply by referring to the possibility that it spends less time eliminating the federal government – the shares increased by more than 6% on Wednesday, despite disastrous profits – there are many reasons to believe that the billionaire uses smoke and mirrors to distract much more serious problems.
For more than a decade now, Musk has promised each year that complete autonomy is fast approaching. But the car manufacturer still has many persistent obstacles to erase before it could not reach complete autonomy, not to mention a Waymo style carpooling service on a significant scale that could really compete.
Tesla VP of Autopilot and AI software, Ashok Elluswamy, also admitted that human remote operators will be on call to intervene if a “car is stuck or something”.
“But it’s just because we are a little conservative and we tend to be more security than even if we are stuck from time to time, we have a distance support,” added Elluswamy. “But that will not be necessary for a safe operation.”
The interventions “are really very rare,” added Musk, saying that they only occur “every 10,000 miles”.
If all this seems very vague and angry, you are right to be wary. Musk’s technological demos, especially around automation, have long been examined to find out if they really show what he claims; For an example surprisingly similar to robotaxis, do not look for more than a flashy event last year in which Tesla’s optimus robots were secretly controlled by human operators.
There is nothing wrong with having human employees ready to intervene for security purposes, but given the reputation of Musk as an impresario, it is reasonable to wonder that these security drivers could cover the technology not to be ready for great listening hours at launch. If are Intervening frequently to ensure the safety of cars – do not forget that the “complete autonomous” functionality of the company still requires constant supervision – so how does it affect the economy of taxi service, especially since it extends over millions of vehicles that musk is promising?
Everything is particularly relevant, because experts have raised security problems concerning Tesla’s decision to trust exclusively on cameras while her competitors like Waymo use other more precise sensors, such as radar and Lidar.
Tesla’s so-called “autonomous” and “autonomous” and “autonomous” and tesla “automatic pilot” features have led to countless calls and close collisions, many of which are still investigating by regulators.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is considering accidents involving driving assistance software and business vehicles specifically for many years now.
In short, there are many reasons to be very skeptical about the claims of Musk that a large -scale network of autonomous driving vehicles is less than a year.
Many rises on the promises of the company to deploy a Robotaxi service, especially since sales continue to tank in the world largely thanks to the problematic behavior of Musk.
But now that the Trump administration has emptied regulatory agencies supervising driving assistance software – with the help of Musk itself – Tesla could meet little resistance in the deployment of future updates and a “cybercab” robotaxis fleet, whatever its safety file.
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