"Completely automatic cars appear in August," Tesla's Eulon Mask said

Tesla's CEO Eulon Maskered on Twitter that the appearance of "full self-driving" (fully automatic operation) is August 2018. We are attracting attention as to whether automatic driving cars that have not been realized until now are realized frequently.

Tesla will start rolling out its 'full self-driving' package in August, Elon Musk says - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/11/17449076/tesla-autopilot-full-self-driving-elon-musk

Anand Krishnamurthy (@ anandrajk) Is model 3 'autopilot (Autopilot) "Function," When you join two lanes at rush hour, autopilot does not want to enter the next lane "said" What is worrisome ", Mask CEO said" This problem will be solved in August We plan to eliminate it with software version 9 of autopilot to be introduced ". At the same time, "We will be able to start using the" fully automatic operation "function by Version 9".

That issue is better in latest Autopilot software rolling out now & amp; fully fixed in August update as part of our long-awaited Tesla Version 9. To date, Autopilot resources have rightly focused entirely on safety. With V9, we will begin to enable full self-driving features.

- Elon Musk (@ elonmusk)10th June, 2018

This is not the first time Mask CEO speaks about "fully automatic operation". In January 2017 the appearance of a fully automatic driving car commented as "within 6 months", but it did not happen.

Appearance of fully automatic driving car "Within 6 months" and Tesla Earlon Mask CEO tweet - GIGAZINE


Mask CEO's "hype" is a trained criminal, and the production plan for low-priced mass-market car "Model 3" is always forced to "update". For this reason, there are not a few people who dislikes the large furoshiki spread by Mask CEO such as Steve Wozniak.

Steve Wozniak remarks "I do not believe anything Elon Mask or Tesla says" - GIGAZINE


Furthermore, it is not clear what kind of function means "full self-driving" by Mask CEO. According to The Verge, Tesla spokesperson said "Tweet of Mask is Tesla commented on Tweet of Mask, although Tesla has released a state of demonstration of" Full Self-Driving Hardware "to get off by autopilot in 2016 If it is said that Tesla's official opinion is requesting to grasp the steering wheel when using the autopilot, there is a question as to what the mask CEO expresses as "full" It will remain.

Tesla Motors launches a new demo image showing the power of "fully automatic driving" - GIGAZINE


Tesla's autopilot-powered vehicle has caused three death accidents, and in collision and death accidents to the median strip that occurred in California on March 23, 2018, Model X reached 3 seconds before the collision of the buffer wall I was accelerating the speed from 62 mph (about 100 km / h) to 70.8 mph (about 114 km / h)Survey report by NTSBIt is revealed in. There is a doubt about the safety of the autopilot function, and Sam Absolsmid of Navigant Research says, "Tesla should stop using the customer for the guinea pig and disable the function until the autopilot works properly It is arguing that it is. Also, assume that the name "autopilot" gives the user a misunderstanding that "you can drive without paying attention to the front", Tesla says many problems will be solved simply by changing the name of autopilot, Depending on Tesla(PDF file)Unfair practices in advertising / marketing strategyThere are also voices pointing out.

With the voice of concern about the safety of autopilot, the contents of "full self-driving" which the mask CEO professes release will be added to the version 9 of August 2018 really Will attract attention.