Tesla and Mobileye part ways following fatal Tesla crash

Tesla and Mobileye, which created the collision-avoidance technology for the automaker, are parting ways after their contract ended. Mobileye wants to protect its reputation, according to CTO Amnon Shashua. “There is much at stake here, to Mobileye’s reputation and to the industry at large,” Shashua says. Tesla has been under scrutiny following a fatal crash that happened with a Tesla Model S that had Autopilot engaged.

But Tesla isn’t worried about the end of the partnership. According to a statement from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, "MobilEye's ability to evolve its technology is unfortunately negatively affected by having to support hundreds of models from legacy auto companies, resulting in a very high engineering drag coefficient," he said. "Tesla is laser-focused on achieving full self-driving capability on one integrated platform with an order of magnitude greater safety than the average manually driven car."

However, Mobileye isn’t exactly out of the autonomous driving industry. They have partnered with Intel and BMW to roll out an autonomous car by 2021.

Source: ZDNet