Elon Musk’s electric car firm started rolling out over-the-air updates earlier this month to enable “full self-driving” for eligible owners, albeit in a beta form.
Owners are still obliged to be able to take control of the vehicle at a moment’s notice, and Musk admitted on Twitter that there could be “unknown issues” that could need to be addressed in the future.
Consumer Reports (CR) said it plans to independently test the software update, known as FSD beta 9, once its in-house vehicle has received it, but its experts have already expressed concern over footage of the car’s behaviour that has emerged online. They saw it scrape against bushes, miss turnings and even head towards parked cars.
Tesla’s vehicles already had some level of autonomy when travelling on highways, but the FSD beta 9 allows more automation of driving tasks including the ability to allow it to navigate intersections and city streets.
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