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BMW tests next-gen LiDAR to beat Tesla to Level 3 self-driving cars::Tesla's autonomous vehicle tech has been perennially stuck at Level 2 self-driving, as BMW and other rivals try to leapfrog to Level 3.

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The average consumer would define self driving as "if my car crashes, my car should be sued". Is that how it works with a tesla crash, who pays for that?

[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's on the driver's responsibility

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then what's the point in it?

What's the point in a self-driving system that has been babysat in order to ensure it doesn't murder you, random pedestrians and other road users. If I want a car that is unsafe if I take my hands off the wheel I can get a regular car, it already does that.

Tesla themselves call it FSD, Full Self Driving. That is at best false advertising and at worst reckless endangerment. It isn't fully capable, and it requires the driver's attention so it isn't self-driving. Literally every part of its name is wrong.

[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

It's called FSD beta