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A few days ago, foreign media reported that a senior Tesla engineer revealed in a testimony that a video previously released by Tesla in 2016 to promote its automatic driving assistance technology (Autopilot) was actually a fake video.
Source: Electrek
The video shows a Tesla Model X driving around cities, suburbs, and highways, with the vehicle automatically stopping at a red light and accelerating through a green light, looking like an "old driver" driving.
However, Tesla Autopilot engineer Ashok Elluswamy said in his latest testimony that "the Model X in the video did not use Tesla's technology for self-driving testing, but instead used a 3D map to navigate a predetermined route." In other words, Tesla's Autopilot function does not have the ability to dynamically plan routes, so the company's engineers will pre-draw its driving route for the promotional video. ”
"Tesla used 3D maps on predetermined routes"
It is reported that in order to make this video, Tesla used a 3D map on the predetermined route. At the same time, during the demonstration of the vehicle, the driver intervened. In addition, while trying to demonstrate that the Model X can park itself without driver intervention, a test car crashed into the fence of Tesla's parking lot.
It is worth mentioning that as early as 2018, former Apple software engineer Walter Huang (Walter Huang) had a fatal car accident, and Ellerswamy's testimony was used as evidence of a lawsuit against Tesla, which has never been publicly reported before.
In 2018, Walter Huang, a former software engineer at Apple, was involved in a fatal car accident
In addition, Ellerswamy said in his testimony that at Musk's request, the Tesla Autopilot team documented "the capabilities of the system and demonstrated it." At the same time, he explained: "The purpose of this video is not to accurately describe the specific features available to car owners who choose the technology in 2016, but to depict what may be built into the system." ”
Ellerswamy said drivers can "fool" the monitoring system into believing their attention is behind the wheel. But he said he doesn't think Autopilot has a safety problem if drivers really stay focused.
The currently enabled features require the driver to be fully engaged, with his hands on the steering wheel, and ready to take over the car at any time
It is understood that the promotional video, which is still saved on Tesla's website, was posted in October 2016 and reads: "The person in the driver's seat must only sit there for legal reasons." He doesn't have to do anything, the car can drive itself. ”
At that time, Tesla CEO Musk also promoted the video on Twitter, and said, "Tesla vehicles can achieve automatic driving on city streets and highways, without the intervention of human drivers, and then automatically find parking spaces." ”
There are still many controversies about Tesla's self-driving technology. However, Tesla's official website also shows that Autopilot can make the vehicle automatically steer, accelerate and brake, "requires the driver's active supervision, not let the vehicle drive autonomous." "The features currently enabled require the driver to be fully engaged, with his hands on the wheel and ready to take over the car at any time.