"Tesla has quietly changed how it defines "Full Self-Driving," , in a way that awfully sounds like it's giving up on CEO Elon Musk's perennially pushed-back promise that its cars will actually drive themselves without human help. The change comes in a document outlining a potential and absolutely ludicrous $1 trillion compensation package for Musk that the Tesla board recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission."
"'FSD' means an advanced driving system, regardless of the marketing name used, that is capable of performing transportation tasks that provide autonomous or similar functionality under specified driving conditions," it reads. The upshot? Tesla can put out something that has "similar functionality" to an autonomous system, without being properly autonomous. As observes, this is broad enough that Tesla's current version of FSD could meet this definition. Tesla, theoretically, could rest on its laurels and Musk would still get his payout."
Tesla altered the formal definition of Full Self-Driving in a filing connected to a potential $1 trillion compensation package for Elon Musk. The payout depends on milestones such as reaching 10 million active FSD subscriptions. FSD remains a system that requires constant human supervision and corresponds to Level 2 autonomy rather than SAE Level 5 full autonomy. The new definition frames FSD as an advanced driving system that can provide autonomous or similar functionality under specified driving conditions without referencing SAE levels. The wording could allow current FSD to satisfy milestones and trigger compensation despite lacking true autonomy.
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