Tesla autopilot

Extreme Corner Case For Autonomous Cars — Giants Riding On Cars Down Hills!

6 years ago Jesper Berggreen 0 Comments

So, imagine you are driving along in your fancy high-tech car, minding your own business, with your yet-to-be-feature-complete full self-driving software activated, and suddenly the car slams the brakes to a full stop, like a donkey that had an epiphany that what it was doing just didn’t serve any purpose and therefor just refused to move any further. The silicon brain of your clever-as-a-donkey-robo-car just slammed on the brakes because it saw this through one of its cameras:

How Tesla’s Path To Self-Driving Cars Is Different From Others

6 years ago Matt Pressman 0 Comments

The race to fully autonomous vehicles is on. In April, Elon Musk declared that Tesla should have over a million level 5 autonomous vehicles manufactured by 2020. To clarify, that means over a million cars equipped with the necessary hardware capable of driving with no help from a driver. That’s contingent, of course, on the software being ready. In addition, government approvals will be necessary (read: mandatory) long before self-driving Teslas will be commonplace.

Tesla Autopilot In Africa

6 years ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

Recently, people on the internet noticed a few videos of Teslas being driven or driving themselves in countries where Tesla is not selling directly yet, and it raised a question about features offered in North America, Europe, and China. For example, regarding Autopilot, are Teslas optimized and ready for countries outside of these main markets?