This report looks at the current issue of Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ regarding vehicle safety, and what it means in terms of user experience for forthcoming generations of automated driving systems (ADS). Coverage, based on publicly available data available as of October 2022, includes:
- Descriptions of the Tesla standard Autopilot and Full Self Driving option (FSD)
- New regulations and safety assessment process related to ADS systems
- Customer complaints and multiple investigations regarding Autopilot
- Lessons learned applying to the next generation of ADS (Lv3,4)
- Need of redundancy in ADS systems to support vehicle safety even in unexpected conditions when one technology has limitations
- Potential benefits for the Lidar technology and growth
- True redundancy concept of Mobileye for Lv5 ADS systems