Elon Musk’s big promises for 2021: Tesla chief announces Cybertrucks delivery and says the fully self-driving system will have Level 5 autonomy by the end of the year – despite the beta version not being ‘even reaching Level 3’
- Elon Musk hosted Tesla’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday
- The CEO discussed updates and improvements in Tesla’s products
- He said the Cybertruck design is ready and will begin its launch this year
- The fully self-driving system is expected to have level 5 autonomy by the end of 2021
Elon Musk hosted Tesla’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday where he revealed expected Cybertruck progress and updates to the Full Drive System (FDS).
The CEO says the design of the future vehicle is complete and a few are set to be delivered to customers this year – but production of a size is set for 2022.
Musk also made an ambitious claim that the FDS will have Level 5 autonomous capabilities by the end of 2021.
However, FSD was only released as a beta version in November and the Tesla website says ‘the currently enabled features require active driver guidance and do not make the vehicle autonomous. ‘
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Elon Musk hosted Tesla’s quarterly employment call on Wednesday where he unveiled the expected Cybertruck advancement and upgrade of the Full Drive System (FDS)
Musk has worked hard to perfect both Cybertruck and Tesla ‘s FDS, but both ventures have had their own obstacles over the years.
Musk unveiled the Cybertruck in November 2019 during a live demo that ended in shame – and a bit of magic.
It’s been more than a year since Tesla’s Elon Musk Cybertruck appeared which ended in embarrassment when the ‘shatterproof’ window didn’t keep its name.
Tesla’s head of design, Franz von Holshausen, tried to prove the glass was ‘shatterproof’ by throwing a heavy metal ball at close range.
The Chief Executive says that the design of the future vehicle has been completed and that a few are due to be delivered to customers this year – but production of a size is set for 2022
It’s been more than a year since Tesla’s Elon Musk Cybertruck appeared which ended in embarrassment when the ‘shatterproof’ window didn’t keep its name. Tesla’s head of design, Franz von Holshausen, tried to prove the glass was ‘shatterproof’ by throwing a heavy metal ball at close range
Musk was heard muttering ‘oh my f *** ing God’ when the glass broke.
Move on to today and it looks like Tesla has discovered the wrinkles and is ready to carry out orders.
‘So we completed almost all of Cybertruck’s engineering,’ Musk said during Wednesday’s job call.
So we are no longer flying at the design center or design stage. Our designs are established. ‘
Musk went on to explain that the production of the big press vehicle requires throwing even more than the one used for the Model Y.
The company needs 8,000-tons for the truck to make it, compared to 6,000 tons for the Model Y.
‘8,000 tonnes, much more than that. And I think it’s going to be an amazing vehicle, ‘Musk said.
‘If we get lucky, we’ll be able to make some deliveries near the end of this year, but I expect production to grow in 2022.
The CEO revealed that Tesla has nearly 1,000 people testing the beta version of its FDS since the system was first released in November last year to a select group.
The system enables the vehicle to get on the road and then confirm future operations based on a 360-degree view of the road captured by eight built-in cameras through machine learning algorithms.
However, the current beta version barely meets Level 3 independence levels, but Musk says this year ‘s update will be at least 100 percent safer than a human driver. ‘
The CEO also said that Tesla has been developing the system with a supercomputer called Dojo that will even be able to record everything within sight of the vehicle.
Musk also made an ambitious claim that the FDS will have Level 5 autonomous capabilities by the end of 2021. However, FSD was only released as a beta version in November and the Tesla website says ‘the features that are currently enabled by active driver guidance and do not make the vehicle autonomous
Industry experts have not been sold on FDS at Musk, saying it is deceptive, reckless marketing that could turn roads into risk zones as the company ‘s website says’ currently enable active driver management and do not automate the vehicle. ‘
Steven Shladover, a research engineer at the University of California, Berkeley, who studied autonomous driving for 40 years, said: ‘This is actively misleading people about the capabilities of the system, based on the information I saw about about it. ‘
‘It’s a very small task that still requires regular guidance for drivers.’