Benefiting so far from relaxed rules from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), Tesla may have to comply with the same standards as other automakers.
In question, videos deemed ” dangerous »
by the DMW during tests of the firm’s Full-Self Driving (FSD) program. Nevertheless, the DMW does not specify exactly which videos arouse its ire.
The level of autonomy of the FSD is too important in the eyes of the DMV
While more than 60 programs on public roads are supervised by the DMV, which makes California the first American state in the matter, Tesla has so far escaped controls. But this could not be the case for 2022, because if the other manufacturers in particular call on experienced pilots to test their autonomous driving programs, Tesla does indeed use its own users.
While some of Tesla’s vehicles, 32 in total, are well registered with the DMV, they have very few self-driving miles on the odometer. This is too much for Senator Lena Gonzalez, who announces that the DMV will ” revisit his stance on Tesla. In a letter, DMV Director Steve Gordon wrote: that as a result of recent software updates, videos showing unsafe use of this technology, investigations by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the opinions of other experts » require a tightening of the bolt with regard to the firm.
The qualification of the FSD as a level 2 driving aid, as well as the designation ” fully autonomous driving employed by Tesla and criticized by experts and government officials as being “ misleading “, could thus lead the DMV to review its copy.
In this delicate context, Elon Musk also announced on Twitter that the FSD option will increase, from now on to 12,000 dollars on January 17, only in the United States.
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Source: The Verge
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