The driver in a fatal Model S crash in Florida was speeding with Autopilot engaged when his Tesla slammed into the side of a tractor-trailer, according to a federal report released Tuesday.
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According to a description of the company’s conference call immediately following the report, provided by Briefing.com, Mobileye management sad that its relationship with Tesla “will not go beyond EyeQ3 chip as it seeks closer collaborations (like BMW/INTC) as opposed to just supply agreements in order to protect reputation/perception of autonomous driving”.
The fact driver-assistance system provider Mobileye’s (MBLY) partnership with Tesla Motors (TSLA) won’t extend beyond Mobileye’s EyeQ3 vision processor, as disclosed by Mobileye today during its earnings call, won’t have a huge impact on Mobileye’s sales in the near-term. Those features are part of the vehicle’s Autopilot self-driving system, but the NTSB report does not mention the system.
Elon Musk invited press to a soft launch of Tesla’s US$% billion Gigafactory in Nevada.
“The car’s system performance data also revealed the driver was using the advanced driver assistance features Traffic-Aware Cruise Control and Autosteer lane keeping assistance”, a statement from NTSB said.
Mobileye thinks that the future of the development of self-driving cars will require automobile manufacturers and technology companies such as itself to work together in a true partnership.
A spokeswoman for Palo Alto, Calif.-based Tesla did not respond to a request for comment. The agency is still investigating all aspects of the crash.
Mobileye said it would concentrate on systems that lead to full autonomy rather than systems that take partial control from drivers.
Brown’s 2015 Model S crashed into the trailer of a semi-truck on May 7, and Tesla informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
It is likely that Tesla Motors will begin to create the technology that it sourced from Mobileye in-house, especially with the hiring of former AMD chip engineer Jim Keller to be the vice president of Autopilot.
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BMW has announced that it is joining forces with U.S. computer chip giant Intel and the Israeli technology firm Mobileye to develop self-driving cars, aiming for fully automated driving in production cars by 2021.
