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Kubi kangakanani I-Tesla Autopilot inkinga yokuphepha? Ngokusho kwezinkulungwane kusolwa Amakhasimende e-Tesla e-US nasemhlabeni jikelele, kubi kakhulu.
Ukulahlwa kwedatha okukhulu okusekelwe ekuputshuzweni kuka-whistleblower kwemibhalo yangaphakathi ye-Tesla kukhombisa ukuthi izinkinga zobuchwepheshe bokushayela obuzenzakalelayo bukaTesla zingase zivame kakhulu kunemibiko yemithombo yezindaba kanye nabalawuli abayeke, ngokusho kwe Iphephandaba laseJalimane i-Handelsblatt, eshicilele udaba ngakho ngoLwesine.
Amafayela okubikwa ukuthi aputshukile anezela emazwini akhathazayo avele kwabezindaba nasezinkundleni zokuxhumana eminyakeni edlule mayelana ne-Tesla’s Autopilot kanye nobuchwepheshe bokuhlola abubize ngokuthi i-Full Self-Driving. Baqhakambisa imizamo kaTesla yokugcina izikhalazo zokuphepha ziyimfihlo nalokho okubonakala kuyisu lokukhawulela ukuxhumana kwamakhasimende okungase kugcine kungene amacala.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seTesla u-Elon Musk akazange aphendule esicelweni seThe Times ukuze aphawule.
Nazi izinto ezine ezinkulu ezithathwe esihlokweni esimayelana nokuvuza.
1. Amafayela ahlanganisa izinkulungwane zezikhalazo zamakhasimende nezincazelo zokuphahlazeka.
Esihlokweni esinesihloko esithi “ ‘I-autopilot yami icishe yangibulala,’ ” i-Handelsblatt ithe ithole amagigabhayithi angu-100 edatha namafayela angu-23,000 okuhlanganisa okufakiwe okungu-3,000 mayelana nokukhathazeka kokuphepha kwamakhasimende kanye nezincazelo zokuphahlazeka okungaphezu kuka-1,000. Izikhalazo zihlanganisa i-Teslas eyenziwe kusukela ngo-2015 kuya ku-March 2022, kusho lo mbhalo. La mafayela aqukethe izikhalazo ezingaphezu kuka-2 400 mayelana nokusheshisa okungazelelwe kanye nezikhalazo ezingaphezu kuka-1 500 ngezinkinga zamabhuleki, okuhlanganisa ukubhuleka okuphuthumayo okungahlosiwe nalokho okubizwa ngokuthi “ama-phantom stops,” lapho imoto ibhuleka kungazelelwe ngaphandle kwesizathu, ngokwalesi sihloko.
Izinombolo zocingo zekhasimende zifakiwe emafayilini, kusho indatshana. IHandelsblatt ithe ixhumane nenqwaba yamakhasimende, aqinisekisa ukuthi izikhalo zisemthethweni. Indoda yaseMichigan ibike ukuthi uTesla wakhe “uvele wabhuleka kanzima, kanzima ngendlela ongayicabanga. Ngiphushelwe ebhandeni imoto icishe ime. Ngemva kwalokho enye imoto yangishayisa ngemuva.”
Ngaphandle kokuqinisekisa izikhalazo namakhasimende, i-Handelsblatt yabonisa amafayela kuFraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology, eyaphetha ngokuthi asikho isizathu sokukholelwa ukuthi “isethi yedatha ayiveli ezinhlelweni ze-IT ezingaphansi noma endaweni yase-Tesla.”
2. U-Tesla ugwema ngokuhlelekile ukuxhumana namakhasimende ngokubhala.
Amafayela, ngokusho kwe-Handelsblatt, afaka “imihlahlandlela eqondile” yokuxhumana namakhasimende. Abasebenzi bayalwa ukuthi ngaphandle kwalapho abameli behilelekile, akufanele bathumele izinguqulo zabo ezibhaliwe kodwa bakudlulisele kokuthi “NGAmazwi ekhasimendeni.”
“Ungakopishi futhi unamathisele umbiko ongezansi ku-imeyili, umyalezo wombhalo, noma uwushiye ku-voicemail oya kukhasimende,” kusho imihlahlandlela, ngokusho kwesihloko.
“Abakaze bathumele ama-imeyili, yonke into ibilokhu ikhulunywa,” indatshana icaphuna udokotela waseCalifornia, owathi uTesla wakhe washesha yedwa ekwindla ka-2021 washayisa izinsika ezimbili zikakhonkolo.
Amanye amakhasimende athole izimpendulo ezibhaliwe, okuhlanganisa nelilodwa elikhononda nge-phantom braking futhi watshelwa ukuthi i-Autopilot system yayiziphatha “ngokujwayelekile” nokuthi kufanele ayifunde kabusha le manuwali, ngokwalesi sihloko.
U-Tesla unomlando omude wokuzama ukuvala izikhalazo zamakhasimende ngezinkinga zokuphepha. Kusukela ngo-2016, iNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration kufanele imemezele ukuthi amakhasimende avunyelwe ukusakaza izindaba zokuphepha ngemuva kwemibiko yokuthi I-Tesla ibidinga amakhasimende ukuthi asayine izivumelwano zokungadalulwa ukuze ufanelekele ukulungiswa kwewaranti ezinhlelweni zokumiswa zeModel S eziyinkinga.
3. UTesla usabise ngokuthatha izinyathelo zomthetho mayelana nokuputshuka.
Lapho bebhekene nokuvuza kanye nokukhathazeka kwezokuphepha, i-Handelsblatt ithi, abameli bakwaTesla bafuna inhlangano yezindaba ithumele inkampani ikhophi yedatha futhi isuse wonke amanye amakhophi, nokuthi ihlela ukuthatha izinyathelo zomthetho “ngokwebiwa kwedatha eyimfihlo neyimfihlo. .”
4. Lena idatha engaphoqelela abalawuli ukuthi bakhuphuke.
Amafayela asolwayo cishe azodlala indima emacaleni okubulala angekho emthethweni akhona ngokumelene no-Tesla nezinsolo zezinkinga zokuphepha eziyisisekelo ngobuchwepheshe bakhe futhi angase abangele abalawuli bezwe kanye nenhlangano ukuthi ekugcineni bathathe isinyathelo.
Ngo-2021, I-NHTSA ichithe izikhalazo zamakhasimende ezifanayo mayelana nokusheshisa okungahlosiwe futhi kusolwa “iphutha lomshayeli.”
Uphenyo oluningi lomlawuli wezokuphepha e-US ngoTesla seluqhubeke iminyaka, luhlanganisa nophenyo mayelana nokuthambekela okusobala kwezimoto zakwaTesla zokushayisa amaloli ezicishamlilo, ama-ambulensi nezimoto zamaphoyisa ezipakwe emigwaqweni emikhulu nezibani zazo zikhanya.
Umnyango Wezimoto waseCalifornia uyaphenya ukuthi igama lenketho kaTesla’s $15,000 Full Self-Driving yephula umthetho wezwe kanye nemithetho yawo emelene nezimoto zokumaketha njengezizimele uma kungenjalo. I-DMV ngeke isho ukuthi kungani lolo phenyo seluqhubeke iminyaka engaphezu kwemibili ngaphandle kwesixazululo.
E-China, abalawuli sebevele bathatha isinyathelo. Emasontweni amabili nje edlule, uTesla waphoqeleka ukuthi akhiphe isibuyekezo esiphuthumayo sesoftware cishe zonke izimoto ezizidayisile eChina ukubhekana nezinkinga zokusheshisa okungazelelwe okungalindelekile.
UMusk ubelokhu ethembisa ukuzishayela ngokuphelele kusukela ngo-2016 kodwa akakafiki.
Isihloko se-Handelsblatt sithi etholakala ngemuva kwe-paywall, ngokuhumusha kwesiNgisi.
