Texas comes with new guidelines where Tesla develops robotics
On Sunday, Tesla started providing a completely new roboty service in Austin, where the deadline set by CEO Elon Musk meets. The stock rose more than 8 % on Monday, when the markets gave a thumb to the time of operation in a timely manner, even when the section saw “as” similar “to the fact that the initial group of cyclists was by invitation, and most of them, if not all of them, were known for their pro -Tesla opinions.
However, Tesla’s arrow fell on Tuesday and Wednesday after critics suggested that the Robotaxi program was not without defects as it was previously thought. The National Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) also contacted Tesla after it showed multiple videos of robotics that violate traffic laws in Austin. To make things more complicated, Texas is new bases before starting Robotaxi in Tesla.
What does the Texas law say in robotics?
The new Robotaxi rules in Texas that start on September 1 of independent vehicles operators require prior approval from the state’s Ministry of Transport and the testimony that they follow government traffic laws. It also requires operators to fulfill federal safety standards, use registration devices on board, and ensure that vehicles have jobs to stop safely if the self -driving system fails. In addition, the car should necessarily be recorded, entitled, and a believer in Texas.
More importantly, the law gives the state the authority to abolish permits to any worker seen as a general threat. This gives Texas the ability to cancel Tesla’s statement if he sees her robots as a danger to the audience. While the rules are a opposite wind for the alphabet -backed Waymo, which also runs robota in Austin in cooperation with Uber, Tesla may be more dangerous, as Musk collected Democrats and Republicans.
Texas passes robotics law that requires the independence of the level of September 4.
The government signed a draft law *yesterday *. Texas lawmakers asked Tesla to delay their launch in Austin Robotaki in light of the draft law.
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The law requires them to qualify as an automatic car. The program should have at least the ability “level 4 or L4” on independent driving. Before the Robotaxi starts, the full Tesla program was seen as a largely L2, and we still have an official confirmation of Tesla on whether it has already achieved L4 capabilities (and it is likely to reveal that if that).
It is worth noting that while responding to NHTSA inquiries on robotics, Tesla asked the organizer to hide her response from the audience. The company’s responses would help measure whether it had already achieved non -self -driving capabilities that Musk promoted for a decade now.
Was Tesla’s Robotaxi decline?
It is known that many of those who have invited the Robotaxi ride publish the supporters of Tesla online, and some commentators have described even the work as “the theater is being managed.” Robotaxi certainly did not have anyone sitting in the driver’s seat with his hands on the wheel, which is required when FSD is involved in his regular cars. However, both cars had a passenger, believed to be an employee in Tesla, sitting in the front passenger seat.
It is strange that the person in the driver’s seat always has his finger on the unwanted button, which some have guessed as a killing key for the self -driving system in the event of errors. Moreover, the track chosen by Tesla for Robotaxi was very limited, and the area was limited to ensure that there were no difficult intersections and also avoiding areas in the city center. The service will not be available in bad weather, and this is not surprising, as previously, Tesla FSD has proven at risk in bad weather. The company relies on cameras instead of Lidars, which most other independent driving companies use, and the approach is found in bad weather.
Meanwhile, videos show that Tesla robotics was traveling in the wrong corridor, while others show that it exceeds the maximum speed. It was also seen as the passengers fall in the middle of the road. In another video, the car is seen by the brakes strongly in the middle of the road, responding to fixed police cars, and it can also be seen in the video below.
NHTSA collects information about Tesla Robotaxi
NHTSA collects more information from Tesla, and in it statementShe said: “NHTSA is aware of the incidents referred to and is in contact with the manufacturer to collect additional information.”
He added: “NHTSA will continue to apply the law to all car manufacturers and equipment, according to the vehicle safety law and the process of risk -based data. After assessing these reports and other relevant information, NHTSA will take any necessary measures to protect road safety.”
NHTSA has already been achieved in previous cases of deadly accidents where Tesla FSD was involved. Advances of Tesla FSD FSD seconds are turned off automatically before disruption She only increased doubts that she is not ready for the road.
The agency even finds a misleading FSD name, as the program is completely independent, as the name suggests.
Tesla fans admired a roboty
Meanwhile, even with the skeptical of Robotaxi’s launch, Tesla fans were fully admired and saw the Tesla gathering continued after the successful start.
Everything said, the independent leadership is still an emerging technique, and there must be a first vicious viciousness. Even Waymo, who recently arrived at a teacher of 10 million paid robotics trips, is also struggling with the Public Opinion Court. For example, in a widely circulated video, Waymo cars were seen without a driver over and over again in a parking lot in San Francisco in the middle of the night.
While errors such as the repeated repetition incident may not look like a big deal themselves, it raises concerns about whether Waymo – or, in this regard, any other company can reach a completely safe (or even secure).
However, while self -driving constitutes a small part, if any, from Alphabet reviews, by confirming MUSK, independent driving driving is its evaluation of more than $ 1 trillion. Over the years, Musk gave the impression that full self -rule is an amazing distance for Tesla, but the company has not reached this level yet, or at least this is what we do from robotics.
In the coming days, you will see the markets closely the Robotaxi offer, and any major incidents related to the service can weaken feelings, especially since the tesla car business is still in a big problem, as sales are expected to decrease in the second quarter as well.