Tesla’s electric vehicle maker has been scrambling for more than one accident that killed passengers in the Houston area on Saturday night, promoting their cars as self-driving.
The CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, insisted that the controls of the company show that the “automatic pilot” system of the car was not established when the accident was produced, reviving the controversy over the characteristics of the cars that produce the company .
Mark Herman, Harris Condissing Commissioner, said the deaths were caused by the test, including testimonial statements, which clearly indicate that he was not in the driver’s office at Model S when he was staring at the Sabbath. for the night giving to two persons.
This is not the first and second Tesla accident involving the autopilot characteristic, including number 28, investigated by the National Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, by its flags in English).
The promotion of technology, a problem
The big problem, in good terms, is the proprietary Tesla advertising powered by Musk, which has promoted its vehicles as “completely self-propelled” capabilities with a software update.
In fact, the most advanced technology available in Tesla’s new cars, General Motors in Mercedes-Benz allows them to turn, accelerate and slow down in certain conditions, while its capacity is limited and it is necessary for drivers to perform continuous attention to the carretera.
“Empezaría diciendo que no hay autons koches autos a pesar de lo que haya leido o de lo que haya visto la publicity”, dijo a USA Today Jake Fisher, director senior de pruebas automotrices de Consumer Reports. “And certainly has nothing to do with the autonomous management that is in production at the moment”.
On its web site, Testa specifies that it is understood that the conductors should maintain the maneuvers in the air at all times, lists to take control when the system can not conduct, accelerate or slow down alone. For the system is called Automatic Pilot, and some conductors using “Autopilot Buddy”, a market of accessories now illegal that engages the vehicle in which the driver of the institute is flying. The NHTSA will issue an order of this and approve the manufacturer of this device in June 2018.
“Autopilot (Automoto Pilotico) is unombomb intencionalmente engañoso que se usa para un conjunit de características que son essenmente un system de crucero advanced cruisero”, dijo Jason Levine, director of the center for motor safety, one organization of the fines of the con sede af Washington, DC, en unre entrevista por correo electrónico in die USA Today. “Indeed, there is no doubt that Tesla’s marketing is leading consumers to make a predictable use of the technology in one way or another.”
The NHTSA has the ultimate buzzword.