Tesla very close to Level-5 autonomous driving technology, Musk says


Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is seen on a screen during the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference WAIC in Shanghai China July 9 2020. REUTERSAly SongFile Photo

Musk on a screen during the opening ceremony of the WAIC in Shanghai, China. He said he’s ‘confident that we will have the basic functionality for level 5 autonomy complete this year’. — Reuters

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: US electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc is “very close” to achieving level 5 autonomous driving technology, chief executive Elon Musk said on July 9, referring to the capability to navigate roads without any driver input.

“I’m extremely confident that level 5 or essentially complete autonomy will happen and I think will happen very quickly,” Musk said in remarks made via a video message at the opening of Shanghai’s annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC).

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