Enlarge (credit: https://arstechnica.com/author/aurich-lawson/) Tesla CEO Elon Musk is famous for the use of his Twitter feed, where he often engages with his almost 24 million followers. Sometimes it gets him in trouble—as with the case of the infamous “420” tweet that landed both him and Tesla with $ 20 million in fines. Sometimes it gets […]
Tag: Autopilot
Elon Musk Abuses Tesla Autopilot on *60 Minutes*
By ignoring his company’s instructions, Musk risked making the public even more confused about how to safely use the semi-autonomous system. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bbbfd249bfb5e2cd2cb3b39/master/pass/TeslaCrashRecord-980337792-FINAL.jpg
Tesla rolls out Navigate on Autopilot
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Green,Tesla,Technology,Autonomous,Luxury,Performance The car will change lanes and take off-ramps if it’s OK’d by the driver. Continue reading Tesla rolls out Navigate on Autopilot Tesla rolls out Navigate on Autopilot originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. […]
Tesla’s ‘Navigate on Autopilot’ goes live in North America tonight
When Tesla rolled out its 9.0 software to vehicles earlier this month, it held back one feature for some additional testing: Navigate on Autopilot. Now, CEO Elon Musk tweeted that a beta test of the feature will become widely available across North America tonight. In a move that Musk has previously described as a time […]
Musk Claims Tesla’s New Autopilot Chip Is Only Six Months Away
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says a new chip aimed at improving its vehicles’ Autopilot features will be available in about six months. However, if you’re hoping the automaker is preparing to light some candles and knock its vehicles up with legitimate self-driving technology, you’ll need to keep on wishing. During a string of tweets on […]
Tesla defends Autopilot in first quarterly safety report
Over the past year, Tesla has received a lot of flak for being involved in crashes and accidents while Autopilot was engaged. Back in March, a Model X crashed into a median barrier, claiming the life of an Apple engineer. A few months after that, a Model S crashed into a parked police SUV in […]
Tesla’s Autopilot Report Makes Big Safety Claims With Little Context
Tesla’s report finds drivers using Autopilot crash nearly seven times less often than the general population, but safety experts aren’t convinced. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bb6850f9c58f2296fca699c/master/pass/Tesla-1044514496.jpg
Tesla’s Latest Update Killed Some Vehicles’ Autopilot
Tesla’s latest over-the-air update appears to have caused at least a few drivers to lose all Autopilot functionality. While the vehicles seem otherwise intact, the semi-autonomous driving mode that was supposed to be improved by the latest firmware installation ended up a little buggy. That’s unfortunate for Tesla — a company that could do without […]
Tesla’s Model 3 catches up on Autopilot and WiFi features
Tesla is still rushing to give the Model 3 some of the features you might take for granted in its EV stablemates. As part of a broader update across the lineup (including increased Autopilot nagging), Model 3 units now support a few key features, most notably Summon — that is, the ability to move the […]
UK’s Thatcham Research Is Grading Autopilot Systems the Right Way
The non-profit will soon start evaluation systems like Tesla’s Autopilot not just on how they drive, but on how easy they are to understand. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b1ec590e0244127666a4e50/master/pass/GST-Image-1.jpg
