Mobileye Co-founder, CTO, and Chairman Amnon Shashua speaks at a Volkswagen press event at CES 2016. (credit: Getty Images | David Becker)
On Friday, autonomous components maker Mobileye put out a press release saying that the latest comments by Tesla on the falling-out between the two companies were “incorrect and can be refuted by the facts.”
The spat began when Tesla and Mobileye announced the end of their partnership after a fatal accident in Florida involving a Telsa owner who had been using his vehicle in semi-autonomous mode. Tesla said that the accident occurred because the car crashed into a left-turning truck, and with the glare of the sun, the car’s cameras couldn’t see the truck and didn’t brake for it.
After that, the two companies seemed to move on: in September, Tesla announced that the eighth version of its Autopilot firmware would rely more heavily on radar than it has before, despite the company having said previously that optical cameras were sufficient. Mobileye and Delphi also announced that they would be bringing a fully-autonomous system to automakers everywhere by 2020.
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Source: Ars Technica – Tesla disputes Mobileye’s accusations, Mobileye shoots back