Tesla Autopilot

Tesla is expected to soon introduce its new Autopilot Hardware 3, which consists of a new neural net computer that they claimed will be the ‘world’s most advanced computer for autonomous driving’. It will become standard on all its vehicles and be offered as a retrofit.

Now Electrek has learned of a leak of the computer’s diagram as a new standard part in Model 3.
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A Tesla Model S driver in Southern California was caught on camera seemingly asleep at the wheel while driving on Autopilot.
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Tesla was supposed to come out with some new Enhanced Autopilot features, especially new Summon+ features, last year, but the new capabilities have been delayed.

Now CEO Elon Musk says that the new features should be going to beta testers “in the next few weeks”, but others are being held up due to “some regulatory pushback”.
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Tesla has released its new Autopilot safety report for the fourth quarter. It’s the automaker’s second report since launching this new initiative in response to what the company sees as unfair coverage of accidents by the media.

Accidents per mile were up last quarter, but it seems like Autopilot still appear safer than humans.
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In an incident caught on video, a Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot drove on some ice and slid out-of-control, but the owner claims that the driver assist system regained control of the vehicle by itself and brought it back into a lane.
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A Tesla owner says that Autopilot automatically applied the emergency brake to avoid a crash caught on his TeslaCam last week.
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There are very simple things that drivers should do and often learn in driving classes that would help alleviate traffic but some people often lose the habit of doing them, like moving out of the passing lane when appropriate.

Now Tesla Autopilot’s latest feature, Navigate on Autopilot, actually suggests you move out of the left lane when it makes sense.
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Tesla Autopilot is increasingly starting to be able to detect and understand some “corner cases” that it encounters on the road and now we get a good look at how it detects an interesting situation: lane-splitting motorcycles.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is teasing important new developments for its Autopilot system to ‘soon’ support traffic lights, stops and roundabouts, which he says will lead to full self-driving capability.
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With the advent of self-driving vehicles, GPS accuracy is becoming increasingly important and Tesla believes that it developed a technology that allows for a more accurate positioning by sharing data between vehicles, according to a new patent application.
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A Tesla Model S driver was pulled over and arrested by the California Highway Patrol yesterday after the police officers saw him seemingly sleeping at the wheel.

It took about 7 minutes and 7 miles for the police to be able to pull the car over, which was allegedly on Autopilot. The driver was arrested for drunk driving. 
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Tesla’s global fleet recently reached half a million vehicles, and all of them added over the past three years have been equipped with Autopilot hardware, which has been gathering data for Tesla’s driver assist program.

The automaker now says that the Tesla owners have driven 1 billion miles with Autopilot activated as of today.
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We already had a few good looks at what Tesla Autopilot can see, but now we have the best visualization to date with an incredible 360º video representative of the Autopilot’s entire array of cameras.
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A Tesla Model X driver in the Netherlands tried to use Autopilot as a defense in court to get out of tickets for driving while using a mobile device.

A judge has ruled against him confirming that the driver is responsible even when driving with Tesla’s Autopilot on.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is testing an exclusive cutting-edge version of Autopilot in his own Tesla Model S, according to a new report.
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Following several changes, it looks like Tesla is pushing hard to sell its Enhanced Autopilot package lately.

Now we learn that Tesla is offering a discount on the Autopilot package as part of a new trial.
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As it is finally launching new features under its ‘Enhanced Autopilot’ package, Tesla is increasing the price of the package when ordered after delivery – creating a $2,000 incentive for buyers to order it with their vehicle.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been promising some major improvements to Tesla Autopilot’s Summon feature in recent weeks.

Now he has announced a new update coming in “~6 weeks” that will enable Tesla owners to remotely control their car through their phones “like RC cars”.
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Elon Musk has been promising some major improvements to Tesla Autopilot’s Summon feature, and now he has now released some new details.

The CEO now claims that the next-gen Summon feature will be able to navigate parking lots of its own, find a parking spot and even read signs for parking instruction to avoid tickets.
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Tesla is releasing a rare new feature under its Enhanced Autopilot package: Navigate on Autopilot.

Today, the automaker released a new video demonstration of the feature and more details on the rollout.
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Tesla is pushing a new software update today with its long-awaited ‘Navigate on Autopilot’ feature, though it comes with a disappointing caveat and several other changes.
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