Tesla is apparently talking about full teleoperation, with someone using a remote steering wheel while wearing a VR headset. Phantom Automotive tried that.[1] B

Tesla is apparently talking about full teleoperation, with someone using a remote steering wheel while wearing a VR headset. Phantom Automotive tried that.[1] Baidu does that.[2] Apparently Tesla is hiring people to do that. Waymo doesn't do that. The support center can only give hints to the vehicle software. If the situation is so bad that won't work, they dispatch someone to go to the car and drive it manually. The sensor suite, with all those LIDARs and RADARs, isn't well matched to VR-type driving by a human. Tesla is trying to get away with Fake Self Driving, which they've been trying to do since 2016. Now we see why Musk wants federal pre-emption of state regulation.[3] California's "restrictive rules"[4] require SAE 4 or SAE 5 autonomy for autonomous vehicles. Worse, DMV can (and did, with Cruise) revoke a company's license to drive autonomously. They apply about the same standards they do for human drivers. Musk probably wants Federal rules where Tesla can cover up, litigate, and stall after accidents, since that's what Tesla has done in the past after major accidents. DMV can suspend a license immediately. [1] https://www.statesman.com/story/money/2024/11/18/tesla-federal-self-driving-regulations-trump/76417424007/ https://www.statesman.com/story/money/2024/11/18/tesla-feder... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/simracing/comments/1f0avac/baidus_selfdriving_taxis_use_g29s_in_a_remote/ https://www.reddit.com/r/simracing/comments/1f0avac/baidus_s... [3] https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/heres-where-federal-automated-driving-law-stands-near-the-end-of-the-biden-administration/ https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/heres-where-federal-automated-... [4] https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/file/av_second15day_notice_express_terms/ https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/file/av_second15day_notice_exp...