Tesla Autopilot, Full-Self Driving
Autopilot i s a n ' A dvanced Driver A ssistance S ystem' (ADAS) designed, deve loped and managed by Tesla . It is c lassified as an SAE Level 2 system , in which a car is able to act autonomously but requires the driver to monitor the driving at all times and be prepared to take control at a moment's notice. Launched in 2014, Autopilot was initially limited to automatic parking and the ability to summon a car on private property. A utomatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control and lane centering capabilities were introduced in 2016. Full-Self Driving Tesla's Full-Self Driving (FSD) capability is an enhanced version of Autopilot that offers users a suite of more advanced features, including adaptive cruise control, automatic steering, automatic lane changing, auto park, traffic light recognition, stop sign recognition, and the ability to summon a car from a parking spot or garage . A beta version of FSD was offered to a small group of users in the US in October 2020, expanding in May 2021 to a few thousand employees and customers and in October 2021 to Tesla drivers scoring full marks on a proprietary safety scoring system. Tesla's Autopilot and "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) systems have been linked to hundreds of crashes, many fatalities, and a host of other known harms, including: Loss of life Bodily injury Over-reliance Property damage Privacy loss Distress/anxiety Psychological trauma Operational disruption Increased total road traffic Depletion of rare mineral resources Electronic waste Excessive energy consumption Excessive water consumption. These harms have led to multiple vehicle recalls; U.S. federal "Engineering Analysis" probes; U.S. federal criminal investigations into "self-driving" claims; and multiple wrongful death lawsuits. Autopilot/
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