> "The involved subject vehicles were all confirmed to have been engaged in either Autopilot or Traffic Aware Cruise Control during the approach to the crashes,"
No mention of the deceptive marketing name "Full Self Driving" in the article.
No mention of the deceptive marketing name "Full Self Driving" in the article.
> All new Tesla cars have the hardware needed in the future for full self-driving in almost all circumstances. [...] As these self-driving capabilities are introduced, your car will be continuously upgraded through over-the-air software updates.
https://www.tesla.com/en_CA/autopilot
I also personally would prefer they stuck to 'autopilot' and avoided the word full in 'full self-driving' and otherwise be more specific about what it means.
Other car companies typically productize the various features like lane assist, following cruise control, etc rather than bundle it into one. But that definitely makes communicating it more difficult.
Tesla probably doesn't want to call it 'limited self-driving' or 'partial self-driving'. Maybe 'computer assisted driving' but that doesn't sound as appealing. I can see the difficulty marketing here. But again not using 'full' as in it's complete and ready-to-go would help.
On top of that, FSD is still admittedly Level 2; Not exactly 'Full Self Driving'? And the controls can easily be tricked to think that the driver has their 'hands on the wheel' which is not enough to determine driver attentiveness while FSD is switched on.