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On January 18th, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that there had been no mistakes since the trial version of FSD (fully autopilot) was launched. A day earlier, Ross Gerber, a shareholder of Tesla, said on twitter that there had been no car accidents or injuries in more than a year after the FSD was released, while 20000 people were killed in traffic accidents in the United States in the same period. Musk retweeted the tweet and said with certainty: "Yes."

Musk's definitive answer was questioned two days ago when a video blogger named AI Addict shared a film about his experience of FSD, filmed in San Jose, California, with a population of just over 1 million. According to the description of the video, the blogger has updated the version of FSD Beta v10.10 (2021.44.30.15) pushed on January 5 this year. In most cases, FSD performed well, when driving to a right turn road, the vehicle did not correctly identify the collision post on the side of the road after turning right, and without hesitation hit it, and the people in the car were immediately frightened. Fortunately, the driver always paid attention to the road conditions and put his hand on the steering wheel to intervene immediately in the event of an accident, which did not cause a bigger accident.

Of course, Tesla has been reminding fully self-driving users in the web page and FSD function notes that the FSD is in the early testing stage and must be used more carefully. It may make the wrong decision at the wrong time, so you must always keep your hands on the steering wheel and pay extra attention to the road condition. Drivers need to keep an eye on the road and be ready to take immediate action, especially in blind spots, intersections and narrow roads. Now, it seems that this kind of reminder is still necessary.

The security of Tesla FSD Beta has always been questioned, and there will be different problems in different versions. For example, in the earlier version 9.0, there were a series of problems such as not identifying roadside trees, not identifying bus lanes, not identifying one-way streets, and driving directly to parking spaces after turning.

In addition, criticism also includes Tesla delivering undeveloped functions directly to consumers, making people irresponsible to use the system on actual roads.

Tesla's autopilot system uses cameras to identify and respond to external objects. Roadside obstacles, ice cream cones, special lane signs and parking signs can normally be identified and are currently only available for paid use by car owners in the United States.

FSD Beta has been officially released for use since the end of September 2020, and interested car owners can apply for it on their mobile phones, while Tesla will decide whether to activate this function based on their recent driving scores. In fact, most car owners can use this feature. Tesla will monitor and collect driving data to adjust and upgrade the optimization system during driving, which is why FSD quickly provides upgrade packages. In the self-driving industry, it is generally believed that lidar combined with high-precision maps is the solution for autopilot, but Tesla is in the opposite direction, completely abandoning lidar and choosing to believe what the camera sees right now. The video has been uploaded for three days. Tesla did not explain why FSD did not identify the row of ice cream canisters by the side of the road.

On February 1, 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) asked Tesla to recall 53000 electric vehicles because they have a "rolling parking" (rolling stops) function that conflicts with the law, which allows Tesla to pass through traffic junctions with two-way stop signs at 5.6mph. The traffic regulations in the United States require that this sign is close to the red light, and when there is this sign at the intersection, even if there is no car around, you must stop in front of the white line for three seconds before confirming the intersection. Tesla's software guided the vehicle through at a low speed and was recalled.

Musk later explained that there were no security issues with this feature. "the car just slows down to about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers), and if you have a clear view and there are no cars or pedestrians, keep going," he said. "

Musk had just praised the FSD Beta in mid-January and had "never" made any mistakes since the start of the plan a year ago, but the recent actual video of the owner made Musk's face swollen because of FSD Beta's misjudgment, the car crashed directly into the crash post on the side of the road. Of course, the accident is not serious, after all, the vehicle was not seriously damaged and no one was injured, I do not know whether this is included in Musk's previous "accident" scope.

NHTSA of the United States also warned: "so far, there is no market model can achieve self-driving, every car needs to be controlled by the driver." Although advanced driving aids can help drivers avoid collisions or traffic accidents, drivers must pay attention to driving conditions and road conditions at all times. "

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