Tesla Reintroduces 'mad Max' Full Self-driving Mode That Breaks Speed Limits

Tesla has added different brazenly stupid caller introduction to its dubious safety record. The latest update to Tesla's Full Self-Driving System adds a mode called Mad Max, "which comes pinch higher speeds and much predominant lane changes" than nan system's Hurry mode. This characteristic isn't new; it was portion of nan Autopilot mode successful 2018 that pre-dated FSD. According to Electrek, nan re-introduction of Mad Max mode is going precisely arsenic good arsenic you'd expect: "It hasn’t been retired for 24 hours, and it has already been spotted rolling extremity signs and driving much than 15 mph (24 km/h) complete nan velocity limit."

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