Tesla’s current autopilot options offer features to help the driver, but they have not reached a stage where the vehicles are autonomous. But, according to a memo released by legal data transparency website PlainSite, the timeline to deliver a fully autonomous Tesla vehicle may not happen this year. The memo referred to remarks made by Tesla’s Autopilot software chief C.J. Also Read | Tesla to recall 135,000 U.S. vehicles under pressure from auto safety regulatorsThe EV’s Autopilot features have come under scrutiny after a 2019 Tesla Model S crashed on April 17 near Spring, Texas. According to a National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report, the Model S P100D car was equipped with Autopilot.

Source: The Hindu May 12, 2021 07:05 UTC