Tesla vehicles currently in production and the upcoming Model 3, will include a Tesla’s new Autopilot hardware that will give the car the ability to be fully autonomous, the company announced Wednesday. This doesn’t mean that Tesla vehicles are now completely autonomous. Rather, it means that Tesla is now including the hardware in its cars…
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Decide Who Your Self-Driving Car Should Kill On The Road
Driving cars are being assumed as the future of transport. These computer-driven cars are being hailed as more intelligent than human drivers, though, they are far behind as of now. The self-driving cars use artificial intelligence to move on the road. But other important things needing attention are the emergency situations which require the driver…
Tesla is getting more sensors for it’s Autopilot system
Tesla’s next-generation Autopilot platform will have more radar and camera sensors according to a report from Electrek. It’s not known when the new suite will arrive, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk said recently that autonomous driving is coming “sooner than people think.” The new system is said to gain four more radar modules in addition…
Should Tesla turn off its Autopilot technology?
Consumer Reports wants Tesla to scrap Autopilot, for now. The influential consumer review magazine said the recent fatal crash that occurred while the Autopilot feature was engaged on a Tesla Model S should give pause to the “company’s aggressive roll-out of self-driving technology.” The report released Thursday said the aggressive marketing associated with the implementation…
Elon Musk and Tesla electric self-driving bus
Tesla’s passionate CEO is back with a second master plan, called Part Deux, 10 years after the first one was released. Elon Musk has some incredible things planned, or at least they sound amazing, including making smarter Tesla models that can drive itself better than you and even make money whenever you’re not using the…
Autopilot was not turned on during recent Model X crash
With eviscerating Tesla’s Autopilot software becoming something of a fad lately, Elon Musk took to Twitter today and shed some light on a recent Model X crash in Pennsylvania. If you recall, a Model X driving along the Pennsylvania Turnpike rammed into a guard rail last week, an incident which then resulted in the car…
Video: Stupid People Doing Very Stupid Things With Tesla Autopilot
Tesla’s Autopilot software is an early example of technology that will soon be widely available in the United States and elsewhere. And despite a recent widely publicized fatal crash involving a man who was allegedly watching a movie when his Model S struck a tractor-trailer at speeds approaching 90MPH, autonomous driving technology has already been shown…
Tesla Autopilot tests show the vehicle detecting pedestrians, but not necessarily braking to avoid them
Update: Tesla sent us a statement regarding the tests discussed in this article. You can see it in full below. The Tesla Autopilot program can be confusing at times since it englobes a lot of different features like Traffic Aware Cruise Control (TACC), Autosteer, Autopark, Auto Emergency Braking (AEB) and others. While you can look…