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Tesla Rejected More Advanced Driver Monitoring Features On Its Cars, Says Report (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Engineers inside Tesla wanted to add robust driver monitoring systems to the company's cars to help make sure drivers safely use Autopilot, and Tesla even worked with suppliers on possible solutions, according to The Wall Street Journal. But those executives -- Elon Musk included -- reportedly rejected the idea out of worry that the options might not work well enough, could be expensive, and because drivers might become annoyed by an overly nagging system.
Tesla considered a few different types of monitoring: one that would track a driver's eyes using a camera and infrared sensors, and another that involved adding more sensors to the steering wheel to make sure that the driver is holding on. Both ideas would help let the car's system know if the driver has stopped paying attention, which could reduce the chance of an accident in situations where Autopilot disengages or is incapable of keeping the car from crashing. Musk later confirmed on Twitter that the eye tracking option was "rejected for being ineffective, not for cost."
Tesla considered a few different types of monitoring: one that would track a driver's eyes using a camera and infrared sensors, and another that involved adding more sensors to the steering wheel to make sure that the driver is holding on. Both ideas would help let the car's system know if the driver has stopped paying attention, which could reduce the chance of an accident in situations where Autopilot disengages or is incapable of keeping the car from crashing. Musk later confirmed on Twitter that the eye tracking option was "rejected for being ineffective, not for cost."
....Tesla even worked with suppliers ...
Tesla has no suppliers! They are 100% vertically integrated!! That's why when it's reported in their income statement that they lost money, they didn't really lose money!! They paid themselves!!! They are BUILDING UP!!!!
How stupid are you people!!
All of you are morons!! And ignore the reports of Tesla's top engineering talent leaving. Tesla is AOK!! Musk is the most Brilliant engineer EVAR! And he can fix anything with a hack-a-thon because we all know assembly lines and building things is JUST like publishing software.
You Morons!!
Come on Rei! Tell these ignorant assholes that I'm right!!!
The whole company is collapsing. Stock is plummeting, execs are leaving, they had to put their factory up as collateral for their credit line, Musk is reorganizing the entire thing. The shorts are making money though.