Tesla FSD beta test car hits bollard, driver fired
Tesla fired an employee in its Autopilot division for publicly sharing a video of on of its Full-Self Driving (FSD) beta test cars colliding with a bollard on the side of a road in San Jose, California. John Bernal , who has been creating videos about Tesla's FSD beta for over a year on his AI Addict YouTube channel, posted his latest video three days after 2021 Model 3 hit a bollard separating a car lane from a bike lane in San Jose. 'No matter how minor this accident was, it's the first FSD beta collision caught on camera that is irrefutable' Bernal argued in a later frame-by-frame video of the incident. Bernal told CNN that an Autopilot manager had attempted to stop him posting negative or critical content involving FSD Beta in a meeting before his dismissal. According to CNN , Tesla’s social media policy makes no direct reference to criticising the company’s products in public, nor does it specifically reference YouTube as a social media channel. Tesla has not publicly commented on the collision, nor why Bernal was fired. System 🤖 Tesla Autopilot, Full-self Driving Documents 📃 https://www.youtube.com/c/AIAddict https://youtu.be/sbSDsbDQjSU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl9rM8D3k34 https://twitter.com/Aiaddict1/status/1503954788257452034 Operator: John Bernal Developer: Tesla Country: USA Sector: Automotive Purpose: Automate steering, acceleration, braking Technology: Self-driving system; Computer vision Issue: Accuracy/reliability; Employment; Safety
- Date it happened
- 2022-03-01
- Organisation involved
- John Bernal
- Product, system or model
- Full-self driving
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