Tesla CEO Musk promises great advances in Autonomous Driving. “I am very confident that Level 5 or full autonomy is achieved and I think that this will happen very quickly,” he said in a video message on the Chinese trade fair for Artificial intelligence, “World of Artificial Intelligence Conference” (WAIC), in Shanghai.
On the way from the classic car assistance driving without driving up to a completely Autonomous vehicle, there are five autonomy levels. The Musk promised Autonomous Drive Level 5 is the highest level of driving automation.
Specifically, Autonomous means To Level 5:
- The operator can make the control complete, and is for the passenger
- driving without a driver
- driving assistance to handle all traffic situations
- The vehicle is also liable legally for traffic violations, or damage
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Elon Musk is in his video message, confident that Tesla achieved this year, the basic functionality for Autonomous Driving in accordance with Level 5, he said in the case of (WAIC). The fundamental problems of Level 5 autonomy had already mastered. The challenge now is to solve minor detail problems, and the whole System in reality.
fully Autonomous Tesla: so Far, far away
so Far, Tesla’s, however, travel only on Level 2 and only supported in certain cases, such as in Stop-and-Go in a traffic jam. The driver can hand over the control temporarily, you need to take to prompt the control but immediately. He takes control he is liable also in case of traffic violations. Electrical China-Volvo: Why Audi and BMW in front of the Polestar 2 FOCUS Online Electric China-Volvo: must tremble Why Audi and BMW in front of the Polestar 2
must tremble in The full Autonomous Driving is at Tesla, in addition, already today is not favorable: If you configured a new Tesla, the Autopilot in the function package without further cost. If you want to use, however, the “full potential for Autonomous Driving”, that costs about 7,000 euros extra – and the trend is rising. Tesla CEO Elon Musk argues that Autonomous Driving is now US $ 100,000 of value. The five levels of Autonomous driving
The concepts of Autonomous and automated are frequently used synonymously, there are important differences. These are the five levels of Autonomous driving:
- Level 0: , The driver controls the car itself.
- Level 1: , There are assistance systems such as adaptive cruise control or lane change Warner , which support the driver only. This technique is today widely used to down in the small area.
- Level 2: This is the Level on which modern vehicles of the upper middle class and upper class are already now. the semi-automated systems can take over certain functions, for example track guide, or semi-automated parallel Parking. Models such as the latest Mercedes E-class, Tesla’s Model S and Model X or the BMW 5-series is already familiar to the Level 2. In the case of Tesla were temporarily unlocked even more features, but after a few incidents back to back.
- Level 3: this is The (highly)automated Driving , the the driver to intervene at any time can be a must, but also other things, may turn to, if the System is activated. With a pre-warning time, the driver may be asked to take the lead again. As standard, the Level 3, for example, the Audi A8 is developed .
- Level 4: At fully automated Driving you can engage the driver even if the System fails, however, as a rule, the car should take care of everything. This Level is tested by various car manufacturers and suppliers, as well as Tech companies currently in practice.
- Level 5 : The actual Autonomous Driving no driver is required. You don’t need the steering Wheel more or other controls. The occupant will act to pure pass.
According to data from Tesla the Feature to recognize in “the near future” also traffic lights and stop signs, and urban automatically can drive. In addition, the “call”-will be added to the function.
if you Click on the website Configurator makes Tesla’s attention to the fact that “the price due to the continuous extensions with new features will increase over time, probably.” Audi A6 in the Test: a Plug-in Hybrid Diesel – almost always PCP Audi A6 fails in the Test: a Plug-in Hybrid Diesel – almost always
beats Exactly confirmed Musk recently on Twitter: “The price for Autonomous Driving will continue to increase, because the Software approximates to the desired fully developed Autonomous driving mode, with regulatory approval. Currently, the function is approximately US $ 100,000 of value.“
The Tesla Configurator according to Features such as “lane change assist”, “Parking automatic” and the “Cause” (Smart, Summon) already belong to Autonomous Driving.
Elon Musks complete Video message to the KI-conference you can see here:
This article was written by Moritz Diethelm
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