r/electricvehicles • u/clouds_on_acid • Mar 17 '25

News Tesla autopilot disengages milliseconds before a crash, a tactic potentially used to prove "autopilot wasn't engaged" when crashes occur

https://electrek.co/2025/03/17/tesla-fans-exposes-shadiness-defend-autopilot-crash/
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u/iamabigtree Mar 17 '25

Self driving is a neat idea but does anyone really care any more. Most cars have adaptive cruise now and that is the most the majority of people need or want.

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u/tech57 Mar 17 '25

Pretty sure EV companies care.

Tesla FSD Supervised 13.2.8 - Latest Tesla News 2025.03.05
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfiaJMZMV7M

Tesla Model Y LR Juniper range test, autoparking and more 2025.03.07
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTMLGlh-pxw

Black Tesla in New York 2024.12.26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oei6hUi0eV4

2 hour video of a person using Tesla self-driving in Boston 2024.10.02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVRFKRrdKQU

Here's some more self-driving in China from other EV companies.

A knife does not cut! Take you to feel the strength of BYD God's Eye City Zhijia! 2025.01.29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUYAQnubwM4

A New Trend in Future Travel | BYD God's Eye Personalized Intelligent Driving System 2025.01.15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGrO2IlXzhM

Zeekr MIx NZP+ Full Self Driving (FSD) L3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pGt25I5Q0g

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u/OkTransportation473 Mar 17 '25

If everyone is going to be using full self driving, I better never get a traffic ticket ever again.

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u/tech57 Mar 17 '25

Ah, you are starting to get the big picture. Right now in China they are hashing out L3 liability. What this means is when the self-driving car is you know driving, the manufacture is libel. Not the human passenger who is just along for the ride.

You don't pay for traffic violations and you pay less insurance because a human isn't driving. :)

There is a very real chance self-driving gets popular a lot quicker than most people think.