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> legally the company would be a difficult target Is this the case? Look at the Toyota "Acceleration Gate" fiasco. Toyota paid billions(full amount isn't dis
by 01100011 4y ago
> legally the company would be a difficult target
Is this the case?
Look at the Toyota "Acceleration Gate" fiasco. Toyota paid billions(full amount isn't disclosed due to NDAs in hundreds of cases) because of poor software. If Tesla engineers failed to adhere to industry best practices(hard to do when you're using deep learning in your control loop) then they'll likely be liable.
An overview of the Toyota scandal: https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/pubs/koopman14_toyota_ua_slides.pdf https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/pubs/koopman14_toyota_ua_...
- kylecordes 4y agoI remember reading that at the time, and just looked at the slides again. A bug which commands wide open throttle also therefore depletes engine vacuum, leading to a lack of power assist if the brakes are pressed and released and pressed again. Drivers who have been around the block a bit and have some mechanical sympathy would take a moment to realize neutral will resolve the situation. But many other drivers would not realize this. Although it would not absolve Toyota from responsibility in such a case, I wish driver training required and tested for dealing with a long list of adverse situations within N seconds each.