autopilot

After a fatal Tesla Model S crash with apparently nobody in the driver’s seat on Saturday, one publication decided to put the “literally-driverless” scenario–to the test on a closed test track, showing how the advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) can be bypassed. Consumer Reports used some hacks to trick their Tesla Model Y into thinking […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Monday afternoon the fatal crash involving a Tesla Model S was not on Autopilot, despite what local police had suspected in Harris County in Houston, Texas. Musk responded to Ahmad A Dalhat (@Amart15416132), who had questioned the Wall Street Journal’s take on the story. “This doesn’t make sense. There […]

Two people died Saturday night following the crash of a 2019 Tesla Model S, in which authorities report no one was in the driver’s seat during a preliminary investigation, according to CP24 and MSN. A Harris County constable later told KHOU-TV that one person was in the passenger seat and the other was in the […]

Tesla is no stranger to lawsuits over inside information, and in a new update, one of the company’s lawsuits has arrived at a settlement. According to a US district court filing dated April 15, Tesla has settled a lawsuit with a former employee who copied the Autopilot driver assistance system source code, as reported by […]

Elon Musk has been known for sharing a strange blend of memes and viable SpaceX or Tesla information on Twitter, including bold past opinions on the autonomous vehicle world’s radar versus vision debate. And in a new update, the Tesla CEO tweeted that it’s “better to double down on vision than do sensor fusion,” furthering […]

Occasionally, Teslas have been known to have accidents while on Autopilot. However, despite the scrutiny Tesla’s Autopilot systems have undergone in recent months, the electric vehicles (EVs) are still considered safer than if they weren’t engaged, according to the company itself and other data. A new report from Loup Ventures echoes the past claim that […]

Teslas are some of the safest vehicles currently available, though one crash in Detroit last Thursday has left behind a gruesome scene and a number of criminal charges. On Thursday, Tesla Model Y driver, Jean Paul Guerrero, 22, crashed and got stuck beneath a semi-truck, as reported by Click On Detroit. The crash took place […]

Image via WLNS Car accidents happen daily but when it’s a Tesla, it makes headlines, especially if the latter was on Autopilot, the company’s driver-assist software. According to Michigan State Police (MSP), they say a Tesla on Autopilot hit a Lansing area patrol car, on Wednesday morning, reports WLNS. Image via WLNS A state trooper […]

In a letter addressed to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officially took notice of how autonomous driving technology is currently being tested, and lobbied for changes in regulation thereof — reports CNBC. The letter, which name-drops Tesla 16 times, details how essentially unfinished driver-less tech like Tesla’s Full […]

Tesla has been dominating the electric vehicle (EV) space as one of the few auto companies to offer a full lineup of zero-emissions cars. And according to the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), it could soon become one of the world’s most valuable software companies. UBS analyst Patrick Hummel wrote in a study published Wednesday […]

The safety of Tesla’s vehicles has largely been heralded, especially with Autopilot engaged, despite some properly guided concerns over electric vehicle (EV) battery fires. Still, Tesla’s cars are incredibly safe, and Tesla has recently released its Q4 2020 vehicle safety report. Perhaps unsurprisingly, its crash rates are still much lower with Autopilot engaged. In the […]

Comma.ai was founded by George Hotz, known in the hacking community as ‘geohot’, the first person to SIM unlock Apple’s original iPhone in 2007 and reverse engineer Sony’s PlayStation 3. Hotz’s artificial intelligence startup was founded in 2015, known as Comma.ai, aimed at creating autonomous driving technology, available to consumers. The latest is the company’s […]

Hacker @greentheonly has managed to activate augmented reality view for Tesla’s Autopilot, which shows off what the vehicle’s cameras see and how it processes this data as you drive. “Ok, autopilot assist app activated! the much coveted augmented reality view!”, said @greentheonly on late Monday evening. Check out the videos below to see the augmented reality […]

In a new ranking of multiple advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) popular in China from 42Mark, the Tesla Model 3’s Full Self-Driving landed first place in a set of criteria that takes multiple situations and environments into account (via @Ray4Tesla; translated). The made-in-China (MIC) Model 3 landed a total score of 283, with the BMW X5, […]

We’ve seen ongoing improvements with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta, and the latest video demo showcases the Autopilot software driving from San Francisco to Los Angeles in California. The video from Whole Mars Catalog (Omar Qazi) is a Tesla running FSD beta 2020.44.10.2. “Driving from San Francisco to Los Angeles with 5 disengagements,” explains Whole Mars […]