Week 6: Story 12 - Elon Musk says fully self-driving Tesla cars already being built

Elon Musk says fully self-driving Tesla cars already being built

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/20/elon-musk-says-fully-self-driving-tesla-cars-already-being-built

Tesla has started to advance in their technology and our usual view on cars which is fully self-driving Tesla cars.

• The death in May of a Tesla driver using the company’s existing Autopilot system prompted an investigation by safety regulators.
• Rival automakers have said they expect to be able to field autonomous driving capability by 2019 or 2021.
• Musk said the software was being built in-house and would run on an Nvidia Titan chip.

I believe that by Tesla investing on these new innovation will attract a mass audience due to the fact that it will be convenient for them as they wouldn't have to drive themselves. However, i feel like the technology is risky as people could hack into the software which is harmful for everyone driving or even those who are walking as the car could be controlled by a hacker just to cause harm to people.