It is not clear how many driver revcases have been revoked from the beta software. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the number of drivers who lost lost access to the program.
The beta version of “Full Self Driving” was released in October last year. Tesla’s use of the term “complete self-driving” has long been controversial, and has been criticized by autonomous vehicle experts. For most experts, full self-driving means a car in which one can sleep safely behind the wheel. No attentive human driver is required.
The news comes after reports that the National Transportation Safety Board sent a letter to National Highway Traffic Safety in February, demanding stricter requirements for autonomous driving tests on public roads.
In the letter, NTSB chairman Robert Sumwalt said Tesla was testing on public roads but had “limited inspection or reporting requirements.”
“Although Tesla has included a disclaimer that ‘currently enabled features require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous,’ NHTSA’s approach to monitoring AV testing requires drivers and other road users.” Poses a potential risk to. ”
Earlier this month, Musk tweeted his plan to increase the size of Tesla’s beta testing program to ten times the number of testers with version 8.2 and version 8.3.
He then added on Friday that the “next significant release” of the software would be next month.
“Go with pure vision – don’t even use radar,” Musk tweeted. “This is the way of real-world AI.”
– CNN’s Matt McFarland contributes to this report.
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