Tesla will allow its customers to access a test of the Beta version of Full Self-Driving after the most recent update has been carried out , as reported by Autoweek. The software, that allows exploring various semi-autonomous features on Tesla models , until now could only be experienced by paying a monthly subscription of $ 25 or, failing that, a single fee or single payment amounting to $ 10, 000. Despite this new twist, the openness that this system now offers will be limited by the driving habits of each owner who applies, habits that will be evaluated and rated by the same vehicle through certain criteria, five in total, that the manufacturer has called safety factors.
Such safety factors disqualify those drivers who are used to braking or turning sharply, also those whose performance ends up activating some system warnings car security . According to the manufacturer, quoted in Autoweek: “Aggressive turns are defined as left / right acceleration, measured by your Tesla vehicle, greater than 0.4 g “This is the same as an increase in vehicle speed left / right greater than 8.9 mph, in one second. Aggressive turns are entered into the Safety Score formula as the proportion of time (expressed as a percentage) that the vehicle experiences lateral acceleration greater than 0.4 g , either in the left or right direction, relative to the proportion of time the vehicle experiences acceleration greater than 0.2 g (4.5 mph in one second), either in the left or right direction. ”
This new action by Tesla has been preceded by other announcements: the use of a camera in the cockpit of their cars to monitor driver performance at all times and detection of hazard lights at night , two new features that appear to be an attempt to resolve the consequences of some crashes of Tesla cars against emergency vehicles, crashes that have led to the National Security Administration d of Highway Traffic (NHTSA) to investigate the company and who have also strongly attracted the attention of other institutions, which have expressed their dissatisfaction with the promotion of this semi-autonomous driving system – which requires the presence of the driver – as a completely autonomous system .
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