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I guess we need the definition of "reasonable". Something like 20% of Americans believe that they can buy a self driving car today. That's not an accident, th
by davewritescode 5y ago
I guess we need the definition of "reasonable". Something like 20% of Americans believe that they can buy a self driving car today. That's not an accident, that's what Tesla is telling people.
Don't believe me? This video from the FSD beta opens up with the text "The person in the driver's seat is only there for legal reasons. He is not doing anything. The car is driving itself"
https://vimeo.com/188105076 https://vimeo.com/188105076
At some point, we need to acknowledge that Elon Musk is deceiving his customers, his investors and all the hand-wavey legal bullshit around that is just that...bullshit.
- ineedasername 5y agoWow, you're right: I knew FSD was supposedly in beta & talked about, but now they're marketing it in those terms on their front page for the Model S. I wasn't aware they'd proceeded from calling it autopilot to FSD, and autopilot was bad enough. Yes, it's therefore at least somewhat reasonable for someone to think they didn't need to be in the drivers seat. Although in this case it doesn't look like FSD was installed or activated on the car, if they're marketing it as a feature then sometimes even reasonable people will be confused and believe they have that option.