Photo by Sjoerd van der Wal / Getty Images Tesla issued a recall notice today for 2 million vehicles in the US to address a �defect� with Autopilot, the company�s groundbreaking and controversial advanced driver-assist system. Safety experts say...
Photo by Sjoerd van der Wal / Getty Images
Tesla issued a recall notice today for 2 million vehicles in the US to address a �defect� with Autopilot, the company�s groundbreaking and controversial advanced driver-assist system. Safety experts say the recall will likely make Autopilot harder to misuse.
Harder, but not impossible.
�It�s progress,� said Mary �Missy� Cummings, a robotics expert who wrote a 2020 paper evaluating the risks of Tesla�s Autopilot system, �but minimal progress.�
Cummings said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration missed an opportunity to force the company to address concerns around Tesla owners using Autopilot on roads where it wasn�t intended to work. Last week, The Washington Post published an investigation linking at least eight fatal or...
