autopilot

Tesla Model 3/Y for Australia, New Zealand to Use Camera-Only Autopilot

Tesla has ditched radar for its Model 3 and Model Y cars in Australia and New Zealand, transitioning to Tesla Vision-based Autopilot in both regions (via @tesla_adri). The electric carmaker launched Model Y sales in Australia and New Zealand earlier this week following months of anticipation. Model 3 and Model Y vehicles built for Australia […]

Tesla Vision Autopilot Gets Increased Maximum Speed to 85 mph

Tesla has updated its Tesla Vision page to indicate Autosteer maximum speed limits have increased when using Autopilot, as spotted by @Tesla_Adri. According to the company, Tesla Vision is its latest Autopilot system that relies solely on cameras and does not use radar. Tesla Vision debuted on the Model 3 and Model Y starting in […]

Tesla Defends Autopilot Safety Features in Letter to U.S. Senators

Last month, Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal and Ed Markey shared their “significant concerns” with Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) systems, writing a letter to the automaker’s CEO Elon Musk. Tesla responded to the U.S. senators last week, detailing Autopilot and FSD features that allow owners to “drive safer than the average driver in the […]

Tesla Launches Camera-Based Autopilot for Model S/X, as Radar Dropped

A recent update to Tesla’s ‘Transitioning to Tesla Vision’ Support page confirms that all Model S and Model X electric vehicles (EVs) built for the North American market as of mid-February 2022 will not be equipped with radar and will instead transition entirely to the automaker’s camera-based Vision Autopilot system. “As of mid-February 2022, all […]

Consumer Reports Praises Ford, GM Driver Monitoring Systems, But Not Tesla [VIDEO]

Tesla’s camera-based in-cabin driver monitoring system for its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) advanced driver assistance systems have not been recognized in the latest Consumer Reports’ recent safety test. The consumer organization recently tested driver monitoring systems from BMW, Ford, General Motors, Tesla, and Subaru on a closed course. Out of the five, only GM’s […]

Tesla Cabin Cameras During Autopilot Need to Do Better: Consumer Reports

In a series of recently conducted tests, nonprofit consumer organization Consumer Reports found that Tesla’s camera-based driver monitoring for its driver assistance features, “fails to keep driver attention on the road,” during Autopilot. When Tesla ditched radar earlier this year for a purely camera-based approach to driver assistance technologies like Autopilot and its Full Self-Driving […]

Disney Restricted Tesla to Allow Disney+ for USA Only, Says Elon Musk

Tesla customers in the United States gained the Disney+ streaming service with software update 2021.24 back in July. Many Tesla owners outside the U.S., including those in Canada and Europe eagerly awaited Disney+, but it has never materialized. Now, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed Disney “restricted” Tesla to implement the streaming service to the […]

Tesla Autopilot Helps Husband Drive, While Wife Gives Birth in Car

According to The Washington Post, the world’s first ‘Tesla baby’ was born this September when Pennsylvania, U.S., resident Yiran Sherry gave birth to her daughter in the front passenger seat of a black Tesla Model 3 after rush hour made a 20-minute ride to Paoli Hospital much longer. Yiran was crouched over in the front passenger […]