The first fatality in a +Tesla vehicle under #autopilot mode demonstrates that truly autonomous vehicles need a more robust sensor suite than what Tesla and Mobileye have provided. It also shows why everyone should stop calling Autopilot "self-driving." It is not self-driving, it is advanced driving ASSIST!

First Tesla AutoPilot Fatality Demonstrates Why Lidar And V2V Probably Will Be Necessary
2016 Tesla Model S 70D with Auto Pilot (photo credit: Sam Abuelsamid) The news this week of the first traffic fatality while using the semi-autonomous Tesla AutoPilot system highlights a number of important issues. First and foremost is that AutoPilot does not magically transform a current Model S or X into […]