News Digest Item
13 Jul 2016

“Musk counters Federal Motor Transport Authority”

manager magazin

Tesla CEO Elon Musk defended the company’s autopilot system after the German Federal Motor Transport Authority said it would not have approved the beta-phase of Tesla's autopilot, according to manager magazin. There was a “misunderstanding of what 'beta' means to Tesla for Autopilot” read a tweet by Musk. By declaring the software “beta”, Tesla meant the system had less than 1.6 billion kilometres of real-world driving.  “Use of word 'beta' is explicitly so that drivers don't get comfortable. It is not beta software in the standard sense,” wrote Musk on Twitter. European approval for the autopilot system was gained in the Netherlands.

Read the article in German here.

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