Tesla extends FSD access amid regulator scrutiny

More than 100,000 owners in the U.S. and Canada will now have access to the Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta version.

The controversial driver assist system promises to automate certain driving tasks such as assisted steering on highways and city streets, smart vehicle summon, automatic parking and recognizing and reacting to traffic lights and stop signs. The expansion comes at a time when federal and state regulators are coming down on the system after a number of crashes and other potentially life-threatening errors.

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The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration is currently investigating 16 crashes in which the owners of the electric vehicle may have been using the ADAS. The California Department of Motor Vehicles accusedTesla of false advertising.

A class action lawsuit was filed last week against the company for misleading the public about the functioning of the systems, even though they cannot perform as advertised. Vehicles that run red lights, miss turns and stray into traffic are caused by the ADAS, according to the lawsuit.

Musk said that the company is close to being able to self-drive by the end of the year. Even though the software has made some dangerous mistakes, it still fails at certain driving tasks.

Is it possible for the vehicle to initiate the turn signal before changing lanes? The signal isn't used for merging into a turn lane.

When will the tesla speed up? It is going slow sometimes from the owners of the electric car company. Next month, Musk promised an update.

There are end of month deadlines for both the actually smart summon/ auto park and the humanoid robot. Musk is expected to give an update on a range of technology on September 30.

During the company's first-quarter earnings this year, Musk said that the car business will be worth more than the company's flagship product, the transformer.

The fact that the same team responsible for Autopilot is working on a robot suggests that Optimus is still just a side project, rather than a development program.