id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt arstechnica-com-8015 Tesla: “Full self-driving beta” isn’t designed for full self-driving | Ars Technica .html text/html 2419 163 71 Tesla: "Full self-driving beta" isn't designed for full self-driving | Ars Technica At an April 2019 event, Musk predicted that Teslas would be capable of fully driverless operation—known in industry jargon as "level 5"—by the end of 2020. Despite the "full self-driving" name, Tesla admitted it doesn't consider the current beta software suitable for fully driverless operation. Notably, Google's prototype self-driving vehicles have been able to navigate most roadway conditions—much like today's Tesla FSD beta software—since roughly 2015. Perhaps Tesla will move faster than Waymo, and it won't take another five years to achieve fully driverless operation. But customers considering whether to pay $10,000 for Tesla's full self-driving software package should certainly take Musk's optimistic timeline with a grain of salt. ./cache/arstechnica-com-8015.html ./txt/arstechnica-com-8015.txt