FSD

A Tesla Full Self-Driving smear campaign started by a California billionaire running for Senate has a new attack ad based on a FSD Beta “test,” where they failed to realize they never engaged FSD Beta during the test. Earlier this year, we reported on Dan O’Dowd, a self-described billionaire and founder of Green Hills Software, a privately owned company that makes operating systems and programming tools. O’Dowd had launched a Senate campaign in his home state of California, but the tech executive made it quite…

The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in California has accused Elon Musk-run Tesla of running fake claims about its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) features.The agency said in its filing that Tesla "wrongly implies" that cars equipped with the technology can operate autonomously, reports The Verge.The DMV pointed towards information on Tesla's Autopilot page which states that its FSD system "is designed to be able to conduct short and long distance trips with no action required by the person in the driver's seat"…

San Francisco, Electric vehicle company Tesla's CEO Elon Musk has predicted that the company's robotaxi will be like Uber and Airbnb combined.During the company's annual shareholders meeting, Musk stated that the system is not being designed with a launch city in mind, the way competitors have approached the concept, reports Fox Business.When the electric vehicle company's Full Self-Driving (FSD) is fully operational, Musk said Tesla owners will have the choice of using it themselves or adding their cars to the robotaxi…

Brand new Tesla cars sit in a parking lot at a Tesla showroom on June 27, 2022 in Corte Madera, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe California Department of Motor Vehicles has accused Tesla of engaging in deceptive practices around the marketing of its driver assistance systems, which are branded Autopilot and Full Self Driving in the U.S., according to filing with a state administrative agency.Elon Musk's electric car business risks more than its reputation -- in a worst-case scenario, the…

After getting delayed several times, CEO Elon Musk has now said that its electric vehicle company Tesla could start deliveries of its upcoming Cybertruck in mid-2023.The tech billionaire also said that with Cybertruck and other products, the company will add a new level of production efficiency and simplicity."We will bring another level of simplicity and manufacturing improvements with Cybertruck and future products that we are not quite ready to talk about now, but I think will be very exciting to unveil in the future,"…

Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images)Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance technology may have just hit a major speed bump.This week, the company laid off 200 hourly employees working on its Autopilot advanced driver assistance feature, shutting its entire San Mateo, California office in the process. News of the firings, first reported by Bloomberg Tuesday and confirmed by TechCrunch, comes amid a deeper belt-tightening at Tesla and during a period of increased scrutiny of Autopilot by regulators and lawmakers.Tesla fired 200…

Elon Musk has hinted that Tesla may bring back "Enhanced Autopilot" for those interested in a more immersive semi-autonomous driving experience than Basic Autopilot, but are unwilling to pay $12,000 for the company's more advanced Full Self-Driving (FSD) suite.In early 2019, Tesla removed Enhanced Autopilot as it transitioned all vehicles to receive Basic Autopilot as a standard option with every vehicle purchase, reports Teslarati.It has become a mainstay for owners in China and Europe, and other regions, but it has not…

San Francisco, Tech billionaire Elon Musk has estimated that his electric vehicle company Tesla's full self-driving (FSD) Beta version 11 would be ready for wide release by the summer of 2022.A user on the microblogging site Twitter asked Musk when FSD Beta version 11 would be rolling out to testers."I am driving an alpha version of FSD on highway and it is not quite ready. Probably ready for wide release this summer," Musk wrote.According to Teslarati, last week, Musk projected that FSD Beta version 10.13 would be…

Tesla Model 3. Image used for representation. (Photo: Tesla)Currently, Tesla's FSD Beta has all the features of a self-driving system, but they often fail, which is why it requires a driver behind the wheel at all-time to be attentive and ready to take controlIANS Last Updated:May 25, 2022, 12:30 ISTFOLLOW US ON:Tech billionaire Elon Musk has said that his electric vehicle company Tesla will have self-driving cars without the need for human drivers, behind the wheel for supervision, around this time next year. According…

Image used for representation. (Photo: IANS)Testers said Tesla FSD beta 10.12.1 was more "confident" and was improved over its previous versionIANS Last Updated:May 22, 2022, 17:01 ISTFOLLOW US ON:Electric vehicle company Tesla has released Full Self-Driving (FSD) 10.12.1 beta to its Early Access Programme that includes new visuals for open car doors and also displays turn signals on other cars. According to TeslaNorth, Testers said FSD beta 10.12.1 was more “confident” and was improved over its previous version. Slow and…