According to news on September 27th, although the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is deeply concerned about the safety of Tesla’s Fully Self-Driving (FSD) software, the electric car manufacturer has now allowed more car owners to pass the car Add the FSD test item to the Request button on the dashboard screen. However, an updated page on Tesla’s website shows that before car owners can access the FSD software, the company will use five criteria to evaluate their driving behavior.
With this new system, Tesla will be able to encourage drivers to drive safely, which may make the FSD test project run more smoothly while reducing accidents. This system is called the safety scoring system and uses a table made of data collected by Tesla’s onboard sensors as a standard to evaluate the owner’s probability of a collision that may result in future driving. The system considers five safety factors, including forwarding collision warning every 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers), emergency braking, sharp turns, unsafe following, and forced takeover of Autopilot.
Tesla uses a predicted collision frequency (PCF) formula based on statistical modeling of 9.6 billion kilometers of Tesla fleet data to predict the number of collisions that may occur per 1.6 million kilometers of driving. The PCF will be converted into a safety score between 0 and 100, and then viewed through the Tesla app. According to the safety scoring guide, when the system determines that the owner’s hands are removed from the steering wheel and the attention is not enough, the Autopilot function will exit after three visual and audio warnings.
This guide does not specify the safety scoring standards that Tesla believes can be added to the FSD test, but it says that most drivers will score 80 points (out of 100 points). The FSD beta software cannot make Tesla vehicles fully self-driving, and the driver must always maintain control of the vehicle. The safety scoring system is updated every time a Tesla car trip is started. If the vehicle is connected to the Internet, the safety scoring system can provide immediate feedback during driving. All trips longer than 0.1 miles (0.16 km) are considered valid driving trips and may affect the driver’s rating.
The safety scoring system is specific to specific vehicles, so a driver with multiple Teslas may have a different score on each vehicle. When the car is sold, the safety scoring system will be reset, which means that Tesla’s new owners will not be affected by the previous driver’s score. If the driver buys a new car, they cannot keep their safety score from the previous car. One year after opening the FSD beta version to selected customer groups, Tesla released the software one year in advance.
The company opened the FSD monthly subscription package in July at a price of US$199 per month. For those Tesla owners who have purchased the Enhanced Autopilot package, the monthly subscription fee is $99. Prior to this, the FSD package was sold at a price of 10,000 yuan. According to the terms on the Tesla website, Tesla owners can cancel their monthly FSD subscription at any time.
NTSB chairman Jennifer Homendy said last week that Tesla should first address basic safety issues before expanding the scope of FSD testing, and said the company’s use of the term fully autonomous driving is misleading Sexuality is irresponsible. Homendi said that Tesla “obviously misled countless people to abuse its technology. The NTSB can conduct investigations and make recommendations, but it has no law enforcement powers.
