Elon Musk said he is testing the latest Tesla alpha built with its autonomous driving system, and claims he can “almost” get home from work without intervention.
Last year, Musk announced Tesla’s plan to deploy 1 million “Robotaxi” vehicles for a driverless carpool network by the end of 2020.
The goal is to improve Tesla’s current system through software updates, leading to what he has referred to as ‘full feature’ self-driving.
As the end of the year is fast approaching and the Tesla CEO misses several previous deadlines when it comes to autopilot and autonomous driving, Tesla owners are skeptical about the automaker’s delivery on the timeline.
However, the CEO is showing great confidence with the deadline just a few months away.
In a conference call after the release of Tesla’s second-quarter 2020 financial results, Musk said he is testing an alpha built with Tesla’s latest full autonomous driving system and performance makes him confident that Tesla is still on the way. :
“So I personally tried the latest alpha version of the full autonomous driving software when I drive my car and I really think it is much better than people think. It’s kind of amazing. So I’m almost getting to the point where I can go from home to work without intervention, despite going through construction and many different situations. So I am very confident that the full self driving functionality is complete by the end of this year, it is because I am literally running it. ”
As we previously reported, Tesla is undergoing “a significant fundamental rewrite on Tesla’s autopilot.” As part of the rewriting, Musk says that “the neural network is increasingly absorbing the problem.”
It will also include a deeper labeling system.
This rewrite of the autopilot is behind the new capability that Musk talks about.
Recently, the CEO said that the autopilot update is in 2 to 4 months and will help Tesla implement more functionality much faster.
While Musk is confident that Tesla will launch the “full feature” version of autonomous driving, he does clarify that the system will still require driver supervision and that it will take time to convince regulators to allow Tesla owners to operate it as a fully autonomous system. driving system
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