Tesla CEO Elon Musk described an upcoming version of the company’s Autopilot software as “smooth as silk.” During a tweetstorm, Musk hyped upcoming software that will deliver a new control algorithm expected to improve Tesla’s autonomous capabilities. Recent updates have increased speed limits on Autopilot – Autosteer and Traffic Aware Cruise Control at 90 mph…
Apple has received a permit to test autonomous cars in California, according to a registry of such efforts posted on the California DMV website. It’s an interesting development considering Apple has been predictably quiet about self-driving car technology and had yet to acknowledge publicly it’s working on self-driving tech. The permit covers three vehicles,…
Tesla has certainly been an early-mover in delivering autonomous driving technology to our roadways, but the company is still lagging behind competitors developing the technology, according to a new report. Navigant Research, a clean technology market research and consulting firm, created a leaderboard to examine the strategy and execution of 18 leading companies developing automated…
Tesla has rolled out its 8.1 software update, which includes updates to Autopilot for hardware version 2.0. Updates include: – Increased speed limit for Autosteer from 55 mph to 80 mph. As part of this, owners will need to calibrate cameras before engaging the feature. – The Summon feature, which enables the car to self-drive…