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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."
They absolutely are.
In this specific business decision they chose to ignore the engineers and do something that appears to be dangerous.
At least vs other systems that do lane keeping and follow distance.
Wow, sent an e-mail as suggested when clicking on "use classic" banner, and got a fast response that addressed my msg
No it isn't. Tesla is building playthings for the 1%. Other companies are building affordable electric vehicles.
"Trolls" is the new word for someone "saying things I don't agree with". Tesla IS collapsing. You can check ANY of my claims in my post above yourself. Executives are leaving. The put their factory up as collateral last week on their credit line (even though Musk said he doesn't want to go back to the credit markets). His arrogance on his conference call (which he apologized about) was very Enron like. Sorry you guys are so enamored with Tesla, but Nissan is doing a much better job producing an affordable electric car.