autopilot

The first fatality in a +

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The first fatality in a +Tesla vehicle under #autopilot mode demonstrates that truly autonomous vehicles need a more robust sensor suite than what Tesla and Mobileye have provided. It also shows why everyone should stop calling Autopilot "self-driving." It is not self-driving, it is advanced driving ASSIST!

First Tesla AutoPilot Fatality Demonstrates Why Lidar And V2V Probably Will Be Necessary
2016 Tesla Model S 70D with Auto Pilot (photo credit: Sam Abuelsamid) The news this week of the first traffic fatality while using the semi-autonomous Tesla AutoPilot system highlights a number of important issues. First and foremost is that AutoPilot does not magically transform a current Model S or X into […]

Tesla AutoPilot Cost and Take-Rates

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Model S autopilot

Last October, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk stepped onstage in Los Angeles to announce the new P85D edition of the Model S and a new semi-autonomous driving feature called AutoPilot. Surprisingly, Musk told the audience that, starting two weeks prior to the event every Model S coming off the line was already equipped with the package of radar, camera and ultrasonic sensors that would enable AutoPilot. The engineers were still working on the software and it would debut in 2015. It’s now August 2015 and AutoPilot still hasn’t been turned on but the company’s second quarter earnings release did make an interesting mention of the new capability.

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