Tesla Autopark: Camera-Based Version Put to the Test [VIDEO]
Following the discovery by a Tesla hacker of different languages within Tesla’s source code by, the same hacker has tested the company’s refreshed Model S Autopark feature and shared the experience on social media.
@Green tested the updated Tesla’s Autopark feature that is destined only for the new refresh Model S (but the feature is being tested in @greentheonly’s older Model S).
The updated Autopark feature now leverages cameras instead of the vehicle’s ultrasonic sensors like before. This is similar to Tesla’s new ‘Pure Vision’ Autopilot, which also now relies on cameras only instead of radar.
Well, tested the new "Tesla autopark" that Tesla only deploys to refresh model S for whatever reason now.
It is camera based (unlike previous ultrasonic-only implementation) so it can use just drawn parking lines and also centers in them rather good unlike the USS version pic.twitter.com/ZTi7Q4VAEN
— green (@greentheonly) August 10, 2021
The post from Green features multiple different angles, as well as a trial that didn’t pan out exactly right. Still, the feature is fairly useful and works well in the videos.
https://twitter.com/greentheonly/status/1425196520584974345
https://twitter.com/greentheonly/status/1425196637937340419
In addition to testing the auto-park feature, Green is known for showing Tesla’s in-cabin camera videos in color, discovering user profiles within the Tesla source code, and finding our favorite animal animation buried within Tesla’s source code, dubbed “Quadrupeddie.”
Earlier on Wednesday, Tesla filings showed that the company plans to build more Model Y varieties in China, as seen in documents filed to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The filing includes five separate Model Y variants and seems to imply that Tesla will be producing these units soon.