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Tesla admits it may never achieve full-self-driving cars

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Does a Tesla with "driver assist" autopilot driven by a neuralink chimp count as fully self-driving? What if it's on Mars?

Not sure the location would be important to the matter, but clearly easier to apply on Mars where there are no roads yet (can be created safe for self-driving) and no other vehicules!

There are several vehicles on Mars and all of them are autonomous[1]

* Sojourner

* Spirit

* Opportunity

* Curiosity

* Perseverance

* Ingenuity

[1] Albeit the route planning is controlled from earth.

Not sure they qualify as full-self-driving?

Tech companies dumping their self-driving R&D divisions seems like a stronger admission that full self-driving is unlikely to materialize in the near future.

I think it’s entirely possible that they simply don’t have the necessary scale. As far as I can tell the only remaining competitors are Intel and Tesla given that both MobileEye and Tesla have actively accumulating real world data.

> a driverless Tesla ran off the road, hit a tree, and caught fire, killing two passengers inside. The victims were reportedly discussing the vehicle’s semi-autonomous Autopilot feature moments before the accident.

Yeech, that's tragic.

The admission regarding fully autonomous is not really a shocker... but it still lowers my hopeful expectations for sooner-rather-than-later leaps.

Well yeah it’s an SEC disclosure. You have to include risk factors

I wonder why they didn't include that risk factor last year?

I hope one of the rich Arab gulf states try to build roads designed for self driving. Would be a spectacle to see and they are probably the only ones who could fund it.

Any hypothetical new tech "may" happen or "may never" happen. That isn't saying anything.

These disclosures always hedge.

From most companies, yes. But Tesla has tended not to.

The article indicates that this is a new edition as of this year.

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