EV Daily | Tesla Shifts to Geo-Fenced Ride-Hailing Amid Stalled Self-Driving Progress

【Tesla】

Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) system has shown little progress, stagnating at around 500 miles between critical disengagements. Elon Musk had previously promised "exponential improvement," but the current data contradicts his claims. Instead, Tesla is pivoting towards a geo-fenced ride-hailing service, akin to Waymo, signaling a strategic shift rather than focusing on achieving unsupervised self-driving. Critics note that despite Tesla's extensive vision data, the vision-only approach remains contentious against hybrid sensor methods like LiDAR.

【Others】

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