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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 […]
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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’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 […]
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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 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 […]