Netflix’s latest apocalypse flick ‘Leave the World Behind‘ has given us a sneak peek into what the world might look like in the future. And it isn’t pretty.
Although the show’s premise revolves around a cyberattack that disconnects people from each other and results in complete chaos (imagine airplanes falling from the sky and satellites going haywire), the movie takes an awful lot of time to arrive at its point after a lot of construction -up.
But one particular thing in the movie is catching every one, and Elon Musk, off-guard. There’s a scene where a bunch of uncontrollable driverless Tesla Model 3s are banging into each other on the highway. The futuristic setting insinuates that the automated cars, which still have the dealer stickers intact, have gone rogue.
This has intensified the already significant scrutiny surrounding Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) modes. These modes pose considerable risks in the real world, and the film’s portrayal is expected to fuel discussions about their safety further.
Musk isn’t too happy
Replying to Netflix, which posted that very scene on X, Musk said even if there is no more fuel in the world, his Tesla vehicles will be able to charge themselves via solar panels in an apocalyptic world.
Currently, Tesla sells solar panels but doesn’t have a car with solar panels installed in them. In the future, however, that may change.
To Musk’s chagrin, it also doesn’t help that Tesla recalled over two million vehicles in the U.S. over safety concerns of its Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system. This came after a federal safety regulator cited safety concerns.
2 million Teslas recalled
It is unprecedented, making it Tesla’s largest-ever recall in history, encompassing almost all vehicles on U.S. roads. roads. Tesla’s filing underscores concerns that the current software controls of Autopilot might not effectively prevent driver misuse, potentially heightening the risk of accidents and crashes.
A trend has involved at least eight fatal or severe accidents connected to Tesla’s Autopilot. The incidents occurred on roads where the driver assistance software struggled to operate reliably.
The series of crashes dates back to 2016, with the initial incident involving a Tesla colliding with a semi-truck on a Florida route, reported The Washington Post.
