Jonathan Challinger, a software developer based in Florida, has recently expressed concerns over Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system. He recently crashed into something while driving his Cybertruck running the beta release, v13.2.4, of the FSD software.
Later on, he posted a photo of extensive damage to the Cybertruck without a doubt being worse than the pole with which it collided. Challinger described that he was driving in the right lane while the FSD failed to merge, even when the left lane was clear.
Nevertheless, Challinger assumes full responsibility for what transpired. He expresses his gratitude for the attention to safety being the “best passive safety in the world.” He tagged Tesla’s @Tesla_AI account in his post so that they would have the data available to them for their review.
Troy Teslike, a known Tesla enthusiast, discussed the crash and pointed out that the incident draws attention to three fundamental shortcomings in the FSD system. The software is unable to see road markings at night, it has problems encoding a few road markings in its digital maps. It often fails to detect certain solid objects reliably-a fact Teslike pointed because it relies solely on pictures.
This particular crash raises some concerns, especially since Tesla’s chief executive, Elon Musk, announced plans for testing unsupervised FSD in Texas and California earlier this year, but the crash implies that the system may need more refinement before autonomy can be established as its shortcomings can already be seen.