{"id":115988,"date":"2021-06-07T14:21:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T14:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=115988"},"modified":"2021-06-07T14:21:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T14:21:47","slug":"in-ev-news-no-plaid-from-tesla-self-driving-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/in-ev-news-no-plaid-from-tesla-self-driving-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"In EV News: No Plaid+ From Tesla, Self-Driving Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just last week, a new Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) Model S Plaid ran a record-breaking\u00a0time of 9.247 seconds, reaching a top speed of 152 mph. The car is being launched later this week, and a follow-on version, the Model S Plaid+, was supposed to be ready for delivery by the middle of next year.<\/p>\n

The major difference between the Plaid and the Plaid+ was the range on a single charge. The Plaid version is expected to have a range of 390 miles, while the Plaid+ was planned to have a range of 520 miles. On Sunday, Tesla\u2019s CEO canceled the Plaid+.<\/p>\n

In a statement to Electrek, Musk clarified the reason for the cancellation:<\/p>\n

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What we are seeing is that once you have a range above 400 miles, more range doesn\u2019t really matter. There are essentially zero trips above 400 miles where the driver doesn\u2019t need to stop for restroom, food, coffee, etc. anyway.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That may be Musk\u2019s point of view, but it is not one likely shared by Lucid Motors and Churchill Capital Corp IV (NYSE: CCIV). Churchill and Lucid have agreed to a reverse merger that will take Lucid public later this year. The deal, announced in February, would value Lucid at around $24 billion and generate $4.4 billion in net proceeds to the EV maker.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s first vehicle, the Lucid Air, is said to have a single-charge range of around 520 miles.<\/p>\n

While Musk is likely correct that 400 miles is plenty of range in most circumstances, Electrek notes other considerations like cold climates that reduce battery range and the \u201cpsychological barrier\u201d of a 500-mile range.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal published a story on fully autonomous vehicles suggesting that a car without a steering wheel may never make it to a showroom floor. Elon Musk\u2019s prediction that an autonomous Tesla robotaxi would be available by 2020 has not proven to be true. Recently, Musk changed his tune.<\/p>\n

In order for a fully autonomous vehicle to drive like a human, Wall Street Journal writer Christopher Mims says, \u201cresearchers have to create AI [artificial intelligence] on par with [a human].\u201d No one knows how to do that.<\/p>\n

What good technologists do know how to do is manage expectations by showing off self-driving vehicles in limited test environments where weather conditions are ideal. Then the definition of \u201cautonomous\u201d gets a rewrite, too.<\/p>\n

Mims cites Mary Cummings, professor of computer science and director of the Humans and Autonomy Lab at Duke University, who has created a reasoning taxonomy based on the behaviors needed to learn, whether human or machine. The lowest level is skill-based (keep the car in its lane), followed by rules-based (stop at a Stop sign), knowledge-based (is a partially covered Stop sign still a Stop sign?), and expert-based (how to put all of a human\u2019s knowledge and experience to use to escape a tricky situation.<\/p>\n

Source: Humans and Autonomy Lab, Duke University<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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