You are here was a pioneer in technology autonomous driving. With his famous system Autopilot, the American manufacturer democratized this technology. To the point of prompting several of their competitors to accelerate their research to develop their own. But less well-known than Autopilot, Elon Musk’s company also stands near the origins FSD, even further. THE “Full autonomous driving”, for fully autonomous driving is currently only available in the United States. Compared to autopilot, it adds recognition of traffic lights and road signs. This is a paid option that costs €7,500 in addition to the autopilot. FSD is a support level 2, which requires you to keep your hands on the wheel anyway. Therefore, the driver remains in control of his vehicle and is responsible in the event of an accident.

FSD is coming soon to Europe… but is struggling in the United States

This option should will soon be available in Europe, which recently changed its legislation on autonomous driving. Thus, level 3 autonomous driving is now allowed in France and other EU countries. But apart from Mercedes, no manufacturer, not even Tesla, offers it yet. German S-Class and EQS carriers only capable of such feats. Let’s go back to the United States, where Tesla is today embroiled in a new scandal, precisely about this FSD. There NHTSAThe US Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced a recall for this software bug on over 362,000 Tesla models!

Poor reading of traffic lights and signs

Several malfunctions were noted. Note that this is truly fully autonomous driving, not autopilot. And what makes FSD different from its counterpart is its current weakness. The anomaly is the traffic light and the sign recognition system. Several cases have been noted where a Tesla model with FSD enabled would have this cut the white lineor shouldn’t have broke a stop sign. The cruise control system in some cases does not slow down when approaching a yellow light. He would be in speeding due to poor sign reading !

So NHTSA ordered Tesla to recall 362,758 models equipped with FSD! It electronic reminder, patching is done remotely by installing an update. This applies to models 3 and Y, as well as models S and X manufactured after 2016. No accidents however, this error was reported.