In a real-world “torture test” carried out around some of the difficult roads in Berkeley, California, Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta was recently pushed to its limits. Some impressive behaviors from FSD beta were shown in the test, especially when it came to driving with caution. Tesla owner and YouTube host AI DRIVR, whose Model S…
I’m not the CEO of a self-driving car company, and I don’t (normally) pretend to be one on the internet. If I ever do, please feel free to shame me and ridicule me and toss me to the lions. That said, I’ve been following the sector for many years, so I at least have some…
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has a new Street-high price target from Oppenheimer’s Colin Rusch, who marked the company’s “extraordinary advantage” in self-driving cars, cost reductions in manufacturing, and its valuation as a high-growth stock as reasons for the increase. Rusch boosted his price target from $486 to $1,036 on Wednesday. The revised target has overtaken the…
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes One of the most complex and precise systems on the road is Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) suite. The company has always focused on continuous development, which is indicated in a recent patent filed for a “millimeter wave radar sensor” for its vehicles with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Since the…
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Tesla has published its Q4 2020 Safety Report, showing that vehicles utilizing its Autopilot system are involved in accidents 7 times less frequently than the NHTSA average. Tesla reports that with Autopilot-enabled vehicles, one accident occurred every 3.45 million miles, in the 4th quarter. Once every 2.05 million miles, drivers…
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes According to ARK Investment Management CEO Cathie Wood, Tesla took a page out of Apple’s book in terms of designing its own self-driving chip. As a result, the future Apple’s self-driving car is well behind before it has really even begun. “Tesla took a leaf out of Apple’s book when…
Tesla’s limited Full Self-Driving beta recently showcased its impressive capabilities by completing a drive from Los Angeles to Silicon Valley without any interventions from its driver. The test was accomplished not long after the FSD beta took a Model 3 driver from San Francisco to Los Angeles with no interference. “This time was even better,…
A Tesla Model 3 with limited Full Self-Driving beta successfully traveled from San Francisco past the Los Angeles border without requiring any interventions–almost. The trip was not perfect, but the drive itself was impressive as it highlighted the potential of Elon Musk and Tesla’s camera-centric approach to full self-driving. Tesla owner-enthusiast Whole Mars Catalog posted a time-lapse…
The latest iteration of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta performed an impressive feat during a real-world inner-city test recently. While navigating the streets of Long Beach, a Tesla Model 3 with FSD beta 8 and software version 2020.48.12.15 flawlessly performed a U-turn maneuver without requiring any intervention from its driver. A video of the FSD beta…
(Reuters) – Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The iPhone maker’s automotive efforts, known as Project Titan, have proceeded unevenly since 2014 when it first started to design…