Tesla A very common publicity focus is the automatic driving system Autopilot. They have always emphasized how advanced their automatic driving system is and how their technology is ahead of competitors. They also shot a promotional video in 2016 to promote the power of Autopilot, and even used Take your hands off the steering wheel to demonstrate this system, but this video turns out to be fake?
It was none other than Tesla Autopilot director Ashok Elluswamy who broke the news. He pointed out that in the 2016 film, a Model X can stop at red lights and walk at green lights when driving in cities, suburbs, and expressways. The promotional slogan even says that it is necessary to sit in the driver’s seat because of the law. , otherwise you don’t really need to do this. However, the filming process behind this video requires planning the route first, and the driver also intervened in the operation; a test car was supposed to stop completely automatically, but it directly crashed into the fence of the parking lot, and the driver had to intervene in the end.
Later, due to the many accidents of Autopilot, it was proved that this system has not yet achieved fully automatic driving, and it can only still belong to driving assistance. Ashok Elluswamy admitted frankly that the original purpose of this video was to tell everyone that this function will be realized in the future, rather than immediately available in 2016, but Elon Musk bluntly stated that Tesla has already achieved self-driving without a driver, and even he can Just looking for a parking space.
