Teslas Stop When They Should Go, Go When They Should Stop

Experts in the recent Post report similarly warned Tesla’s decision to go camera-only makes it impossible for it to cross-check against multiple types of sensors, tactics other AV companies like Waymo deploy to set thresholds for deciding when an object is nearby or when it’s detecting a false alarm.

The reported surge in phantom braking incidents occurs the same week Tesla issued a recall of 53,822 of its U.S. vehicles equipped with FSD concerns its driving profiles were encouraging vehicles to roll through intersections. Though Tesla has told the NHTSA it will issue an over-the-air update to remove the rolling stop feature, CEO Elon Musk offered up a bizarre commentary on Twitter, criticizing the Associated Press and other media outlets for their accurate coverage of the recall.

“He’s [the AP reporter] actually a lobbyist, not a journalist,” Musk wrote in his tweet. “There are many who pose as the latter while behaving like the former.” Musk went on to claim, despite the recall, there weren’t actually ever any safety issues. “The car simply slowed to ~2 mph & continued forward if clear view with no cars or pedestrians,” Musk wrote. However, as others have pointed out in his thread, that very same description of rolling through an intersection, even at low speeds, is illegal in most states.

If you’re confused, so are we.