Tesla Full Self-Driving likes trains a bit too much
electrek.coA public, well documented safety defect for multiple years with clear, incontrovertible evidence:
https://bsky.app/profile/realdanodowd.bsky.social/post/3lz6h...
https://www.jalopnik.com/1983251/tesla-train-tracks-investig...
https://www.jalopnik.com/1971193/tesla-full-self-driving-mig...
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk/tesla-full-self-drivi...
They still have not been able to solve the challenging problem of stopping when there are bright, flashing red lights and loud horns after over a decade of furious work and years of public reports.
But Tesla Robotaxi will totally be ready to serve half the US population by 8 months in the past. Railroad crossings are just the hardest nut to crack unlike simpler problems like full autonomy.
Just like learning calculus. The hardest problem is learning how to add. Once you get that it is just a few months to calculus.