Tesla has been touting the capabilities of cameras over radar for quite some time now, and in a recent update, it appears the company may finally be looking to part ways with radar technology in its cars. Tesla has updated the order configurator on its website to add that its Model 3 and Y units […]
Tesla told California regulators that the company may not achieve Full Self-Driving (FSD) by the end of this year, according to a memo from the California DMV, seen by Reuters. The news comes after Tesla CEO Elon Musk told shareholders in an earnings call that he and Tesla are “highly confident the car will be […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shared an update on the progress of Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta V9, plus the launch of the latter for the European Union and Canada. On Wednesday evening, Musk said the launch of FSD V9 would be “probably two weeks”. “Gating factor is achieving & proving higher safety with pure vision […]
During Tesla’s Q1 2021, the company also provided an update on its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology. According to Tesla, V9 of FSD City Streets beta “will soon become more widely available” in the United States. Tesla says it believes a “vision-only system is ultimately all that is needed for full autonomy.” Tesla explains […]
In a recently published YouTube video, AI DRIVR gives us another walkthrough of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta in the streets of California, this time in Walnut Creek on version 8.2 (2021.4.11.1) of the beta. AI DRIVR programs a route into their Tesla’s navigation, and lets the vehicle do its thing while maintaining constant vigilance throughout. The Tesla’s […]
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 CEO Elon Musk was again busy today answering some questions on Twitter, specifically related to the company’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) releases and subscriptions for the latter. On Wednesday afternoon, Musk said “Tesla AI/Autopilot engineering is awesome! Making excellent progress solving real-world AI.” Tesla AI/Autopilot engineering is awesome! Making excellent progress solving real-world AI. — […]
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 […]
Tesla AI Director Andrej Karpathy has been working on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) platform for several years now, and in a new Robot Brains Podcast with Pieter Abbeel, Karpathy details his path to working with artificial intelligence, how Tesla’s FSD is going, what it’s like to work with CEO Elon Musk, comparisons between Waymo and […]
According to the company’s website, Tesla has changed the price of an infotainment computer upgrade for, the MCU2 Retrofit, to $2,000 (USD) for Model S and Model X vehicles with Autopilot 2 or 2.5 (via @tesla_adri), an increase of $500 USD. Those with older Autopilot Computers, like many pre-2018 units of the Models S and […]
Tesla has again delayed its Hardware 3 (HW3) retrofit for Model 3 owners in Europe. As noted by @Tesla_adri, the delay has now reached over a year. “It’s getting silly. Tesla Model 3 owners in most of Europe are still waiting for the HW3 Upgrade. it just got pushed back again. please address this @elonmusk,” said […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Friday the company plans to expand its Full Self-Driving beta program, starting with the current version 8.2, released earlier this week. “If you want the Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta downloaded to your car, let us know. Doubling beta program size now with 8.2 & probably 10X size with 8.3. […]
On Wednesday evening, Tesla released a new software update for its Full Self-Driving beta testers. Software update 2021.4.11.1, also known as FSD beta 8.2, has impressed early testers so far. New Tesla FSD Beta updating pic.twitter.com/cN0a4prKhs — vincentyu.eth (@vincent13031925) March 4, 2021 Wow!!!!!!! Awesome! Editing videos 🤯🤯🤯@elonmusk #FSDBeta 8.2 is amazing! — James Locke (@arctechinc) […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shared some new updates regarding the status of the company’s Full Self-Driving add-on for Autopilot. According to Musk on Tuesday evening, he reiterated the FSD beta build he’s using “normally” can drive him around without any interventions. He also teased the next version is a “big step change” beyond version […]
We now have an update on when Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) subscriptions will launch, according to the company’s CEO Elon Musk. Back in December, Musk said FSD subscriptions would be releasing “early next year”. On Monday, Musk has now clarified, responding “Q2 for sure”, when asked by @WholeMarsBlog about the launch timeline. Q2 for sure […]
