Reference article — Tesla driver first to be charged in fatal crash involving Autopilot — https://nypost.com/2022/01/18/tesla-driver-first-to-be-charged-in-fatal-crash-involving-autopilot/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=pasteboard_app
A Tesla driver involved in a fatal wreck in California over two years ago while using Autopilot has been charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter.
The charges against limousine service driver Kevin George…
Reference article — NHTSA Safety Advisor Dr. Mary “Missy” Cummings ordered to recuse herself from any matters relating to Tesla — https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/nhtsa-safety-advisor-dr-mary-missy-cummings-ordered-to-recuse-herself-from-any-matters-relating-to-tesla/
My issues and significant disappointment with Missy Cumming are documented in my article below. I would like to add to it a bit though.
We now know Missy…
His article- A Robocar Specialist Gives Tesla ‘Full Self-Drive’ An ‘F’ — https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2022/01/13/a-robocar-specialist-gives-tesla-full-self-drive-an-f/
Finally, Tesla fan and advisor to driverless vehicle makers like Waymo, Zoox, Cruise, has had enough incremental epiphanies to see Tesla is a dangerous, untenable mess.
“I have great respect and admiration for Elon Musk, so sorry…
The interview too place on MSNBC’s The Beat on 12/24/2021.
Transcript link — https://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/transcript-beat-ari-melber-12-24-21-n1286755
At 18:35 here was the exchange
MELBER: Most of your background is in technology and the sort of initially start-up or early tech space. …
I have been thinking for a while on how to communicate the very nonlinear progression of trying to reach SAE L4. What I came up with leverages four bases in baseball and the base-10 logarithmic Richter scale used to quantify the severity of earthquakes. With each whole number level being…
Once again Elon Musk has moved the bars. This time downgrading both the date and quality level. We now have L4 in 2022.
Of course, that’s not only impossible for 2022, but it is also impossible for all time (This also applies to the industry as do the first two…
IIHS reference links
Announcement
https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/2021-22-tesla-model-y-earns-highest-iihs-accolade
Top Safety pick — 2022 Tesla Model 3
Test Criteria for the 2022 Model 3
https://www.iihs.org/ratings/about-our-tests#front-crash-prevention-tests
If you look at the test criteria in my third link, for the vehicle and pedestrian crash avoidance scenarios, you will see they test for stationary and crossing…
As you can see by the article, I wrote on Waymo’s epiphany below, as well as this new study, the industry is figuring out gaming simulation technology has fantastic visuals but lacks the real-time, modeling and “deterministic” capabilities they need to get close to SAE L4. The problem now is…
Reference articles
Tesla whistleblowers say CEO Elon Musk mislead buyers and undermined safety with Autopilot driving system that’s been blamed for fatal crashes
Tesla Faked Original Full Self-Driving Video, Former Employees Allege
· https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-full-self-driving-video-allegedly-faked/
As for the faked demo. Of course, it’s fake. AND they used LiDAR to…
Reference article — Teen Truckers Are Taking to the Streets, and Safety Advocates Are Worried
Yes, it’s a rhetorical question. Of course, they can’t. Aurora and Waymo shifted to the simpler ODD’s thinking that would be enough. Starsky went bankrupt trying. Then we have the others like TuSimple, Embark…
