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Tesla Says Autopilot is Preventing 40 ‘Pedal Error’ Crashes Per Day [VIDEO]
Tesla Autopilot prevents an average of 40 collisions from drivers accidentally stepping on accelerators instead of brakes every single day, Tesla’s Director of Autopilot Software, Ashok Elluswamy, said during a keynote presentation in June. His talk was uploaded to YouTube on Saturday. Elluswamy presented some of the Autopilot team’s recent work at the Conference on […]
First Drive: FSD Beta 10.69 vs Chuck Cook’s Unprotected Left Turn [VIDEO]
Tesla released Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69 last night, and in the release notes, it specifically mentions again tester Chuck Cook in Florida’s unprotected left turn. Cook received FSD beta 10.69 on his Tesla and started testing it on Sunday morning and shared his 15-minute video to YouTube. According to FSD beta 10.69, it will […]
Tesla Increasing Price of Full Self-Driving to $15,000 in September
After releasing Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69 to employees and some beta testers late on Saturday evening, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Sunday the price of the software feature is going up next month. “After wide release of FSD Beta 10.69.2, price of FSD will rise to $15k in North America on September 5th,” […]
Tesla FSD Beta v10.69 Release Notes [LIST]
After releasing Tesla software update 2022.16.3.10 tonight—which is Full Self-Driving (FSD) 10.69, we now have release notes shared by @ACPixel. Check out the FSD beta 10.69 release notes below we have transcribed for you below: Added a new “deep lane guidance” module to the Vector Lanes neural network which fuses features extracted from the video streams with […]
2022.16.3.10 Tesla Update: FSD Beta 10.69 Download Hits Employees [u]
Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.16.3.10 software update, which is the highly anticipated Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69 version, but so far it’s for internal testers only—employees. A 2020 Model 3 located in Oregon received the update, among others. So far, FSD beta is now also available for beta testers and not just internal […]
YouTube Removes Tesla FSD Beta Test Video with Kids, After CNBC Reaches Out
A couple of YouTube videos featuring amateur vehicle safety tests of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta involving children have been pulled for violating the platform’s policies on harmful and dangerous content — reports CNBC. “YouTube doesn’t allow content showing a minor participating in dangerous activities or encouraging minors to do dangerous activities,” a YouTube spokesperson […]
Tesla FSD Beta 10.69 Release Still Coming ‘Later Today’ Says Elon Musk
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69 release is still slated for August 20, 2022, says CEO Elon Musk. Some FSD beta releases have been released just after midnight PT, with many eager testers expecting FSD beta 10.69 to hit in the early hours of August 20. But that never happened. Just moments ago, Musk confirmed […]
Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas Hits Milestone: 1,000 Cars Made in a Week
Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, has reportedly hit a milestone of producing 1,000 cars in a week. That’s according to a photo shared by @WholeMarsBlog, showing employees signing a poster with an outline of the factory and “1,000” in the middle. The electric automaker started limited production of the Model Y at the Gigafactory in […]
Tesla Closes Semi Reservations, Shares More Details on Revamped Website
With the Tesla Semi set to ship next year, the electric automaker has updated the semi truck’s website and share more stats and photos. Tesla has closed reservations for the Semi, instead adding a button for users to “Get Updates” as seen on the company’s website (via @SawyerMerritt). The redesigned Semi page includes several new […]
Tesla Needs to Make Cars in Indonesia, Not Just Batteries: President
President of Indonesia Joko Widodo, dubbed Jokowi locally, has asked Tesla to build EVs in the country, rather than just batteries, according to a report from Bloomberg on Thursday. The country also says it’s willing to wait until Tesla CEO Elon Musk is convinced that the country is more than its resources. In the interview […]
Tesla FSD Beta 10.69 Download Coming to Only 1,000 Owners First, Says Musk
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69 will start to deploy this weekend, but only to a select few according to the company head. The FSD beta update 10.69 contains “many major code changes,” said CEO @Elon Musk in a tweet on Thursday night. The tweet also detailed plans to release Tesla’s FSD beta 10.69 gradually […]
Tesla Cabin Camera Role Raises Questions from NHTSA Probe
According to Reuters, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is demanding Tesla provide answers related to the role of the in-cabin camera within its vehicles, as part of the safety regulator’s probe into Autopilot. The NHTSA launched a probe into Tesla’s advanced driver assistance system called Autopilot last year. In June of this year, […]
Tesla to Add Automatically Adjusting Side Mirrors Feature, Says Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Friday the company will be adding a feature that will automatically configure side mirrors. Responding to a question from James Stephenson, asking “will Teslas ever be able to automatically adjust the side mirror settings for new drivers?”, based on the 3D position of the driver’s eyes and comparing against the […]
Elon Musk Reiterates Tesla’s Export and Local Delivery Plans in China on Weibo
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s account on the Chinese social network Weibo, reiterated that the automaker makes its cars for export in the first half of each quarter, while making local deliveries in the second half, explained a message on Thursday (via CnEVPost). “Tesla makes cars for export in first half of quarter & for local […]
Tesla Virtual Power Plant Sees 2,600+ Homes Participate in California Event [Update]
Tesla’s first California Virtual Power Plant event on Wednesday had thousands of homes providing electricity to the grid across the state Tesla and PG&E had 2,342 fleet homes actively using the Virtual Power Plant program in Northern California on Wednesday, as shown in a screenshot of the mobile app during the first power event on […]