Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving suite are expected to tackle complex road conditions with ease in the future. This involves factors such as people walking around, motorcyclists driving around vehicles, and other possible edge cases in inner-city driving. When Autopilot is confident in its ability to manage these scenarios, it could launch ambitious projects like…
Tesla received a new patent last week for “estimating object properties using visual image data.” Elon Musk estimated that Tesla would release a version of FSD Beta in April. At the time, he also mentioned that Tesla was going for pure vision and suggested that it would not even use radar sensors in the future.…
The findings of a very unique real-world driver attentiveness test were recently published by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The agency was able to decide whether systems like GM’s Super Cruise and Tesla’s Autopilot make drivers less vigilant on the road using a 2019 Mercedes-Benz C300 fitted with a Level 2 Advanced Driver…
For several years, the overall debate about self-driving cars and who’s in the lead in that arena has hardly changed. To start this piece, I’ll just spend one paragraph on that debate for some context in case you are just jumping into this topic. More or less, Tesla is trying to teach cars to drive…
The wider release of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta seems poised for a second-quarter rollout, if CEO Elon Musk’s recent statements on Twitter are any indication. While interacting with the electric vehicle community recently, Musk noted that a possible Q2 release for the public FSD Beta rollout “sounds about right,” though he still emphasized that Tesla…
The concept of electric cars driving themselves to their respective service appointments which very well be the standard when Tesla meets its autonomy goals and rolls out the full-featured version of its Full Self-Driving system. The latest version of Tesla’s FSD Beta is not yet fully autonomous, but the system has recently accomplished such a…
Tesla owners clubs are valuable resources, helping current owners get the most out of their vehicles, and bringing new buyers into the electric fold. The largest Tesla owners club in North America is Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley, which has over 2,000 members, and 64,000 Twitter followers. At the moment, most of the club’s activities are…
In his recent interview with automotive veteran Sandy Munro, Elon Musk noted that regardless of the actions of other drivers or the state of lane markings on the route, Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving suite must maintain safety no matter what. “Even if somebody tries to trick the car, they do not succeed in tricking…
Elon Musk suggested during the latest Tesla earnings call that the company had some informal talks about supplying other OEMs with Autopilot. In order to expand its autonomous software, opening Autopilot to other automakers will provide Tesla with more data while also developing another revenue stream for the company. “Does Tesla plan or expect to…
Tesla will team up with Samsung to develop a 5nm semiconductor for the in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) or media control unit (MCU) of its autonomous cars. The EV maker’s partnership with Samsung indicates the steps Tesla means to take with its Full Self-Driving suite in the near future. Based on a local news report in Korea, Samsung’s…