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Musk live show FSD ability has not yet passed, but the regulatory authorities first came to the door.

Investigation content: Tesla's hidden out-of-hand driving mode, "Elon mode". He also stated that Tesla must cooperate, otherwise he would face a fine of 26000 US dollars (about 189500 yuan) per day.

On the other hand, Tesla's controversial "homicide" accident has also reached a critical point: Musk is pulling the limits of the judiciary, trying to avoid testifying directly in court.

With the ferment of public opinion, Tesla's previous accidents caused by autopilot have also been re-mentioned and discussed. Musk and Tesla are on autopilot and are in trouble.

There are a series of recent signs that the showdown between regulators and Tesla may be approaching. L2 + intelligent driver landing rules and prospects, to the turning point.

The Elon mode has attracted a lot of heat from Musk's recent live broadcast test of FSD V12 capabilities.

More than 11 million people have watched the live video online, and discussions about autopilot, end-to-end solutions and neural networks have emerged one after another.

The most explosive point of the video was the 45-minute drive, and Musk intervened only once. The rest of the time, Musk just sat in the main driver's seat and broadcast live on his cell phone.

But from the fact that there is no need to hold the steering wheel and there is no reminder from the system, it may also be clear that FSD does have a hidden mode-"Elon Mode".

In fact, not long ago, hackers found this "Elon mode" in the background of the system, which allows it to be sold for a long time and does not have any driver behavior monitoring.

Under normal circumstances, FSD requires the driver not to take his hands off the steering wheel, to exert a certain force, and to keep his eyes focused.

Once the system detects that the hand is off the steering wheel or line of sight, a safety reminder will be issued that will disqualify the FSD Beta after up to 5 times.

However, when Elon mode is enabled, the steering wheel prompt function is turned off and the steering wheel does not vibrate when it is sold. This is also consistent with the fact that the FSD system did not issue a security alert during the live broadcast, even if Musk's hand did not hold the steering wheel.

Musk's show-off is not just live.

Over the past two days, he has been in high spirits on Twitter, saying publicly that he believes that an intelligent driving system without any driver monitoring warning is a comfortable system to use.

The regulators who kept a close eye on Tesla naturally paid special attention to the old horse.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched a new investigation into Tesla.

NHTSA is worried that all existing Tesla vehicles can use the "Elon mode". And since the public is aware of the existence of the mode, it may cause more drivers to try to activate it, making drivers more inattentive and unable to monitor the use of autopilot systems.

Therefore, NHTSA asked Tesla to provide a series of information about the "Elon model", otherwise he would face a fine of up to 26000 US dollars (about 189500 yuan) per day.

It is not clear whether Tesla responded to NHTSA.

But this is just one of Tesla's troubles in autopilot. The next one is even more deadly.

At the heart of Tesla's car accident murder, Musk was asked to testify about an accident in 2018 in which an 18-year-old driver drove an Model S out of control, resulting in the death of the driver and a passenger.

The cause of the accident was speeding and out of control. Tesla was sued because the families of the victims believed that Tesla's electronic speed limit did not work at all, and Tesla made false propaganda.

More recently, the judge hearing the case approved an order that Musk was required to testify in court. He will be questioned for 60 minutes about his promotion of Tesla's technology related to the incident.

The reason why this case is hotly debated is that there are several points.

First of all, at the technical level of the case itself, the function of electronic speed limit is closely related to intelligent driving. For example, the L2 basic function of the constant speed cruise, and the passive safety mechanism AEB requires the data of the speed limiter to clarify the activation range conditions.

On the other hand, the serious consequences of the case itself, which are related to a series of accidents directly caused by the intelligent driving system before Tesla, all point to the safety and reliability in the process of popularizing the L2 system.

However, the AI technology itself is complex and black-box, which makes a series of litigation about Tesla's safety accident, the focus of prosecution and defense shifted to "false propaganda".

That is, Tesla knew full well that there were hidden dangers, so he did not mention it during publicity, and deliberately misled users into being able to "fully autopilot."

In the previous trial, the person in charge of Tesla AI has admitted in court that Tesla had forged an autopilot safety video inside, and clearly identified that Musk himself gave the order.

Now, the safety tug-of-war over Tesla's autopilot is finally coming to an end-Musk has been asked to testify in person.

This is also the key point of widespread concern in this lawsuit.

How to interpret Tesla has come to a time when there is no way to retreat, all the means of flicker and mobility have basically been used up, and the means of judicial evidence collection have touched the core and soul of this technology giant-Musk himself.

First of all, Lao Ma cannot lie and commit perjury in court, and the consequences may be even more serious. This is also the core reason why the person in charge of Tesla's autopilot "came clean" before.

If Lao Ma admits to "false propaganda" in court, the verdict against Tesla is likely to be unfavorable.

First of all, Tesla's brand image will suffer a major blow, and the rhythm of product promotion and research and development will be disrupted or even interrupted.

As a leader and weather vane in the exploration of self-driving technology, Tesla's "shaking the mountains" will affect the prospect of the popularity of intelligent driving.

So Musk is also trying to use the provisions of the law to restrict each other to avoid appearing in court directly.

Vertically, Tesla's disposal mode has been investigated and related murder cases have entered a critical period, indicating that the popularity of intelligent driving, such as L2, L2 +, L2.5 and so on, has reached a critical turning point.

First of all, whether it is high-level autopilot, or the current popularity of intelligent driving, it is impossible to achieve zero accident. But the significance of this cool techs is that the overall reliability of the system exceeds that of human beings, resulting in a decline in practical value and the overall traffic accident rate.

In the face of accidents that may occur in the course of use, car companies should use scientific data to prove the reliability of the system, the judiciary should have a set of clear methods of dividing responsibilities, and there must be a corresponding insurance compensation mechanism in business. bring cool techs into reasonable and legitimate business activities.

When these high-level intelligent driving systems hit the ground, the problem of failing to form a quantitative standard needs to be solved urgently, and the same situation is faced in China and North America.

Therefore, in the end, how does the court define the responsible party, and what is the result of the final case judgment and compensation? it can be used for reference for the country.

Reference link:

Https://electrek.co/2023/08/30/tesla-autopilots-elon-mode-draws-attention-from-regulators/

Https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/teslas-musk-appeals-order-requiring-his-testimony-fatal-crash-lawsuit-2023-08-30/

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