Tesla’s vehicles often struggle with something called “phantom braking” while the Autopilot advanced driving assistance is triggered, causing the vehicle to brake suddenly at high speeds without the driver triggering the brake pedal and without nearby vehicles. Sometimes this is caused when driving under an overpass or some sort of shadow is picked up […]
With Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69.1 update set to roll out on Monday, the automaker’s head has clarified that it will start with a smaller group of testers before rolling out to more. @Elon Musk tweeted on Monday that Tesla’s FSD beta 10.69.1 will roll out to just 1,000 owners first, then to 10,000 […]
For testers of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software, if you’re not safely operating your vehicle, you can get ‘strikes’ and eventually get locked out of the program. The FSD beta program offers a warning for drivers when there is “improper use of FSD beta”, as indicated by your car’s telemetry data. Tesla offers five […]
The owner of a Tesla Model Y that crashed into a Texas home’s garage back in May has now spoken with media to provide their account of the accident, after a Tesla executive recently said that Autopilot saved them from a “pedal error.” “I was going very slow, and all of a sudden, this Tesla […]
Tesla is hiring for Autopilot data collection operators in Europe, as seen on the automaker’s careers page (via @Tesla_Adri). The full-time position is set to be based at Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, located in Grünheide. The employee will be in charge of managing data-recording devices and driving around test areas to collect data. The position also […]
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 […]
Since leaving the company in July, Tesla’s former chief of Artificial Intelligence, Andrej Karpathy has since embarked on an unexpected new endeavor — sharing his knowledge on YouTube. Karpathy recently started a YouTube channel and shared his first few videos on Tuesday, causing many to question the former AI chief’s career moves. In a tweet […]
Tesla has emerged victorious in a lawsuit brought by Germany’s antitrust regulator alleging that the marketing around the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD), is misleading — reports Teslamag. This is far from Tesla’s first brush with concerns regarding how it advertises Autopilot and FSD. The result […]
California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has alleged that the marketing around Tesla’s advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD), is deceptive — reports CNBC. Autopilot is a suite of driver assistance technologies that come standard on all of Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs). FSD, meanwhile, is a set of advanced driver assistance features […]
Tesla is being forced to reimburse one driver in Europe due to issues with its Autopilot driver assistance system. A Munich court ordered Tesla to repay a customer much of the 112,000 euros ($112,885 USD) she had paid for a Model X SUV, due to issues with the vehicle’s Autopilot system, as reported by […]
Tesla has just lost its Director of AI at the company that led the Autopilot team, Andrej Karpathy. On Wednesday afternoon, Karpathy announced, “it’s been a great pleasure to help Tesla towards its goals over the last 5 years and a difficult decision to part ways. In that time, Autopilot graduated from lane keeping to […]
According to a recent filing, Tesla is shutting down an office in San Mateo, California, that housed one of the teams working on the company’s drive assistance tech, Autopilot — reports Reuters. The news comes a little over a month after Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent out an internal email to management saying the company […]
Tesla has shut down a San Mateo office in California, resulting in hundreds of Autopilot staff being laid off, reports Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. The Tesla office saw Autopilot employees examine customer car data related to the company’s Autopilot feature suite, and “data labelling” incoming information from customer vehicles. Sources say […]
After Enhanced Autopilot started making its way to other countries around the world, Tesla has relaunched the Autopilot add-on on its website and within the company’s mobile app for purchase (via @SawyerMerritt). Enhanced Autopilot is available for $6,000 USD in the U.S. and $6,400 CAD in Canada, as of writing. The add-on includes the standard […]
Last night, we reported Tesla had started offering its Enhanced Autopilot add-on for Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea. Enhanced Autopilot includes the standard Navigate on Autopilot feature, but adds Auto Lane Change, Autopark, Summon and Smart Summon. It’s available to purchase as an upgrade during the ordering of a Model 3 or Model […]
