But they don't, and I'm not sure if there have been many successful cases of suing car manufacturers because their cars let people drive drunk(?)
Lane changes used to feel robotic. Speed had to be adjusted manually all the time just to feel comfortable.
The new system feels much more human. It has driving profiles and adapts based on traffic, which makes the experience way smoother.
Have you tried fsd? I use it almost everyday in the chaotic streets of NY. I’m more arguing that the article is misleading about the current version of fsd. I do not doubt that the accidents happened on the older version.
FSD cannot be turned on above 85 mph. If you try to accelerate above 85 mph it disengages.
> That’s how you would strike a motorcyclist at such extreme speed, simply press the accelerator and all other inputs are apparently overridden.
If the user is pressing the accelerator pedal, it overrides the autopilot. I’m not sure how FSD could reasonably be blamed in that situation.
The article also talks about Traffic Aware Cruise Control (TACC). There is a nuance between the different systems. This is not Full Self-Driving (FSD). It is an older system that Tesla provides for free. All it does is try to maintain a set speed, and you still have to steer. If the user is pressing the accelerator pedal, it overrides the system. I am not sure how FSD could reasonably be blamed in that situation.
Before October 2024, the highway stack was still running on Tesla’s older software. A major shift happened with version 12.5.6, which brought the end-to-end neural network to highways for the first time.
Then in December, version 13.2.2 pushed things even further by scaling the model specifically for HW4/AI4. It’s a major step up from earlier versions like 12.3.x from April.
I absolutely feel for anyone who’s been involved in an accident while using FSD. But at the end of the day, the system still requires driver supervision. It’s not autonomous, and the responsibility ultimately falls on the person behind the wheel.
If you’re going to evaluate how FSD performs today, you really need to be looking at version 13 or greater. Anything older just doesn’t reflect what the system is capable of now.