Elon Musk hopes to push Tesla with AI, but other camps don't take😂

Elon Musk spent years pushing the idea that Tesla was not just an electric car maker, but an "AI and robotics company" whose first work was Full Self-Driving (FSD) - a technology he was sure was advanced and would become the central standard of the global auto industry.

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But most recently, Musk had to honestly admit for the first time that no automaker wanted permission to use Tesla's FSD.

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He posted on X (Twitter originally) that despite Tesla making an offer to use the technology, the car camp "didn't want it" and that the negotiations it had in the past had all failed.

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Over the years, Musk has emphasized that FSD is Tesla's strongest strength and will be a "license" for the company to grow from a car manufacturer to a company that sells AI software and services. He announced in 2021-2023 that he was talking to several car camps to release FSD copyrights and was confident that a big deal would happen in 2024, but in the end no contract was signed. One of the key events was that Ford CEO Jim Farley once clearly said, "Waymo is better." When asked about FSD,

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Why wouldn't a car camp want to use FSD? - Musk claimed that the negotiations collapsed because the car camp set "unlikely requirements," such as requiring an automation system that actually controls safety and is legally responsible for it when an accident occurs.

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In the automotive world, responsibility is a standard such as Mercedes-Benz Drive Pilot (Level 3), available in certain areas, and when the system is running, the company is legally responsible. This is the standard required by the car camp. The system has proven to be safe and practical.

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But Tesla chose another route: to release the FSD software in a "beta" state. Customers are road testers. Drivers are held accountable at all times. This has led to several cases of accidents involving Autopilot / FSD. Most recently, Tesla recently settled a case in which a Model Y hit a police professor, reflecting that Tesla's system is also vulnerable when in use.

Another is that the Autonomous Driving competition has changed. Many car camps do not wait for FSD, but choose technology from high-end automation-focused companies such as Toyota, partnered with Waymo, GM - Cruise, Volvo & Mercedes - NVIDIA Drive. Many of them choose to use NVIDIA chips, which outperform the current Tesla FSD Chip.

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The industry is moving towards "full sensor + clear responsibility" AI. The problem analyst view is business, not technology.

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1) Car camp does not let Tesla control driver data. FSD needs a lot of data. All will flow back to Tesla. Car camp does not want to be just a host to rival technology.

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2) Huge legal risk. If FSD is used and the accident occurs, will Tesla accept responsibility? Musk often answers "wrong driver," which is contrary to Level 3-4 standards.

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3) Tesla's safety image also has reservations. Many accidents have been linked to Autopilot.

Regulators are getting tighter every year.

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Lastly, Elon admitted himself, FSD is not what many car camps want. "I tried to remind them and made an offer to use FSD, but they didn't want to!" This echoed the big picture of the industry that not all of Tesla's technology is seen as "commercially available," despite the company's huge advances in vision and AI. 🤩🤩

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Cr: electrek

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