"If Elon Musk is to be believed, there will be hundreds of thousands - if not millions - of autonomous Tesla vehicles roaming the streets of America by the end of next year. There's a gazillion reasonsto doubt whether that'll actually happen. But in focus today is the fact that its Full Self-Driving software, which is not actually fully self-driving, can get easily stunlocked by the radiant beams of the Sun."
"Tesla fans, blinded by their devotion to Elon as much as the car's camera was by sunlight, deflected by accusing Gerber of ragebaiting and mocking him for his dirty windshield. It's certainly not beyond the realm of possibility that Gerber is being intentionally provocative, given his prominence as a Musk critic. But he's describing an issue that is very much real, and which has had tragic consequences. This year, the"
Projections expect hundreds of thousands to millions of autonomous Tesla vehicles in America by next year, but widespread skepticism persists. Full Self-Driving (FSD) is not truly autonomous and can be stunned by sunlight that blinds front cameras. An investor posted an interior image showing an infotainment alert ordering immediate takeover because the front camera was blocked or blinded. Some defenders mocked the image, but the failure mode has been known for years and led to a fatal crash. The NHTSA opened a probe after footage showed camera vision washed out as a Tesla struck a pedestrian. The case highlights risks of a vision-only approach versus competitors using multiple sensors.
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