sublimejackman
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Recall is just the name of the regulatory process, a process Tesla was well aware of for years. An OTA update that addressed the NHTSA concerns coulda been sent out 2021 but Tesla didn't.The Feds are at fault with the semantics, not CNN. “Recall” is still the word for it. I think everyone here is pretty much agreed that OTA should have its own term in the law, but it doesn’t yet.
The semantics of this have been discussed endlessly on the forum. The point with this one is larger though, than the typical minor OTA thing. This is a big limiter on our autopilot and a huge shift within the industry and regulation etc. I think at some point the feds, the judges, industry and lawyers etc are going to have to agree with Tesla’s main point on this stuff: The driver has a responsibility to keep their hands on the wheel and stay alert.
If not, there can be and are accidents even on the finest divided interstate in board daylight and perfect conditions.
If the feds and courts can’t agree on that, autopilot and even pretty basic lane keeping can’t really exist.
And to be fair, in 2022, there were 273 accidents with AP engaged. More than all other car manufactures put together (and this includes other manufacturers with just plain jane adaptive cruise control).
This is on Tesla.