A Tesla was in its self-driving mode when it crashed into a parked patrol vehicle responding to a fatal crash in Orange County Thursday morning, police said. The officer was on traffic control duty…

A Tesla was in its self-driving mode when it crashed into a parked patrol vehicle responding to a fatal crash in Orange County Thursday morning, police said.

The officer was on traffic control duty blocking Orangethorpe Avenue in Fullerton for an investigation into a suspected DUI crash that left a motorcyclist dead around 9 p.m. Wednesday when his vehicle was struck.

A Fullerton Police Department spokesperson said the officer was standing outside his vehicle around midnight when he saw a Tesla driving in his direction and not slowing down.

  • FreddyDunningKruger@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Despite what the average internet user seems to think, not all Teslas even have the computer capable of Full Self Driving installed.

    Uh.

    http://tesla.com/blog/all-tesla-cars-being-produced-now-have-full-self-driving-hardware The Tesla Team, October 19, 2016

    Be sure to read the part where it says that as of today, ALL Tesla cars will have the hardware needed for full self-driving at a safety level SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER than that of a human driver.

    Also, can people cut the bullshit, Elon is on video suggesting year after year that FSD will take you hundreds of miles without a single intervention.

    How does that make sense, that something that performs SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER than a human driver needs constant supervision by the inferior driver? Elon sold FSD as a magical autopilot since 2016, adding “Supervised” to the label like 3 months ago doesn’t suddenly put the blame on the people who believed the lie.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      You seem to have missed the simple fact that there are cars produced prior to that. And the fact that the hardware announced there also wasn’t enough on its own. There were additional changes in 2019 to a newer computer necessary for FSD. My 2018 Model 3 has that hardware, but I cannot get FSD without a computer upgrade. Not to mention even older vehicles that can’t even accept the new computer hardware.

      So yeah, not ALL Teslas in the road are capable of FSD.

      • FreddyDunningKruger@lemmy.ml
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        3 months ago

        Dude, talk about missing the point. I wasn’t the one who claimed all Teslas after 2016 were capable of Autopilot. ELON MUSK made that claim… you aren’t saying I’m Elon, right, because that’s pretty insulting.

        Elon made the claim. He called his product Autopilot and then Full Self Driving. He got up on stage and released videos claiming the cars could drive hundreds of miles without an intervention. He released faked videos. He’s truly a con man for the ages.