Photo: @Green the Only
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.
another view of the same parking maneuver.
The car is really slow and wheel movements and the rest of it remind me of summon operation.
Either way since it works decently on all platforms, I don't understand why Tesla decided to limit it to just refresh S and not all cars. pic.twitter.com/dr51s1Yvnq
— green (@greentheonly) August 10, 2021
Here's another attempt that also went pretty uneventfully.
I'd say it's not any worse than the ultrasonics based so bring it to ALL the fleet?
The obvious advantage is you don't need to park between other cars (which makes the whole experience a lot more scary) pic.twitter.com/mq2jpWPTxG
— green (@greentheonly) August 10, 2021
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.
