Mobileye bailed on Tesla over Autopilot safety concerns

The head of driver-assistance system maker MobilEye has said that the company ended its relationship with Tesla because the firm is "pushing the envelope in terms of safety." That's the controversial quote that CEO Amnon Shashua gave to Reuters explaining why its years-long partnership was axed just when it began to bear fruit. Unfortunately, a fatal collision between a Model S and a box truck on a Florida highway this June made MobilEye reconsider its position. Given how instrumental MobilEye was in developing Autopilot, it's a surprise to see Sashua effectively talk down his company's product. He added that the technology is "not designed to cover all possible crash situations in a safe manner," and that Autopilot is a "driver assistance system and not a driverless system."