The recent proposal executed by Tesla and relatives of Walter Huang, who was an employee at the Apple facility and suffered a catastrophic accident, has rekindled general fears about the safety of the Tesla concern’s Autopilot system.
Huang’s car spun off an off-ramp while using Autopilot in California, which was fatal and illustrates the complexities of semi-autonomous driving. Despite Tesla maintaining that Autopilot is consistent with its driver-centric premise, Huang’s family has argued that the system had malfunctioned.
However, this is going to add fuel to the fire as the details of the agreement are restricted to the public and everyone is eager to know the potential flaws in Autopilot and Tesla’s inability to pay its bills. Such silence further increases the suspicion that the company may have at least partially disclosed its mistakes as there is no official statement.
The chronology of the incident bears striking resemblance to the NTSB’s investigation into Autopilot’s shortcomings, a scenario that is supported by exchanges between Huang and Tesla regarding prior steering complications.
This is the case because Tesla’s self-driving exploration is linked to the investigation into Tesla. CEO Elon Musk, who is an outspoken (constant personal advocate) for the technology, plans to launch his self-driving version of the technology, a “robotaxi” in August. However, Tesla has had so much success that it was able to silence the critics to some extent. On the other hand, the autopilot system is still under investigation. Effectively guided by its autonomous expectation, Tesla must maintain easily acceptable communications and demonstrate safety procedures to re-establish people’s trust.
