Autonomous driving is considered to be the holy grail of the automotive industry and has been promised to us for quite a long time already. If I recall the slides from a 2013 Bosch presentation, we should’ve been all passengers in our cars a year ago. Back then, seven years seemed like a reasonable time frame but, health crisis aside, we are nowhere near fully-autonomous driving, or Level 5 (L5) autonomy as the industry calls it.

Sure, Tesla calls its assistance suite “Autopilot” or even “Full Self-Driving,” but it’s just a deceptive trade name for a system that is only capable of L2 autonomy. This means that the car cannot be trusted with your life and Tesla does not assume responsibility for whatever mischiefs the car might be doing. Read More