Seemingly undeterred by disturbing video on social media and a regulator inquiry into the company, Tesla continues to forge forward blindly and recklessly into the realm of autonomy. Most recently, Tesla said on its conference call Wednesday that it is planning a software update to improve its "Smart" Summon feature, according to Consumer Reports. 

The update is supposed to go live next week, and it follows our story that the NHTSA was finally investigating the feature. As we noted earlier this month, the NHTSA can exercise its recall authority if it finds an "unreasonable safety risk".

But while the NHTSA stands idly by, Tesla seems hell-bent on pushing its human beta testing as far as it can go: the company also announced on its conference call this week that "it plans to move forward rapidly with launching other forms of automation", which Consumer Reports warns could "involve potentially more dangerous driving situations."

Musk said on the company's most recent conference call that Smart Summon has now been used more than 1 million times. He also said that the feedback the company is getting is enabling quick improvements. Tesla is using data that it gathers from customers' cars in real time, similar to the way it used this data to improve its Autopilot system.