Autonomous Vehicles

The following is speculation based on the author’s experience, the known Model 3 feature set, and Tesla’s plans and recent statements. Summary The Model 3 reportedly contains Autopilot hardware dubbed “v2.5“ News outlets have yet to fully explore the meaning and purpose Tesla...

Hello The new S-Class is available this fall and it comes with "Drive Pilot 2.0" or Intelligent drive as they call their system right now, available for about 4000 USD. While the old Drive Pilot 1.0 was clearly worse than Autopilot, based on magazine tests, it seems Drive Pilot 2.0 offers now...

No real purpose for this post other than to highlight this. Its been almost 2 months since 17.26.76 which primarily added perpendicular parking. Its been 3 months since 17.17.4 which brought max speeds up to AP1. I'm not counting "silky smooth" since it wasn't in update notes and feedback...

Has anyone considered what owning multiple self driving vehicles could be used for? For example, an owner on a 3 lane highway could use, say, 8 self driving vehicles to form a shield around the vehicle with the passenger(s). 3 self driving vehicles in front, 1 on either side, and 3 in the rear...

Tesla has a new Autopilot ‘2.5’ hardware suite with more computing power for autonomous driving Tesla still believes that it can achieve the promised full autonomy on the 2.0 suite, but they now say that they could upgrade HW 2.0 cars with the new 2.5 hardware at no cost in the “highly...

Cool. GM’s Cruise launches beta autonomous ride-sharing app with Chevy Bolt EVs

This has happened on my AP1 car on a number of occasions now and it is very disconcerting. There appears to be no reason for it to happen and I wonder if it happens to everyone and IF you go round again it is repeatable on the same point of road? Puts me off hands free AP to be honest!

I always thought that they were completely random, but today I found that they occur at exactly 800 metres (≈ 0.5 miles) when driving at 63 km/h (speed limit +3), under these conditions: AP1 @ 2017.28 c528869 Country road No lead car I logged 0,8 km no less than twelve (12) times in a row. I...

Originally, LAX to NYC Autonomous cross-country road trip was planned for December 2017. However, second quarter earnings phone call hints a possible delay until 2018. I guess it's harder than expected.

Will people who can't get a driver's license be able to "drive" the fully autonomous version once it becomes available? I know the law probably currently says no, but maybe that will change? This could be very liberating for people who can't get a license due to medical conditions, a...

With confirmation that the Model 3 will include an interior camera that will likely be used to monitor driver behavior, it’s a good time to revisit Dr. Lex Fridman’s presentation at TMC Connect 2016. He told the TMC audience that driver-facing cameras are a “huge missing piece” for advancing...

According to Uber and Buzzfeed, Uber drivers earn about $25/hr on average. Assuming my Model 3 is able to earn (conservatively) $10/hr for 8 hrs/day as an autonomous taxi, thats about $2,400/month. After lease and charging costs, call it $1,500/month. What's to stop private citizens running...

So I guess it's about time we start gathering whatever small bits we really know about HW2.5 - So far we know that it's going to be dual gpgpu - It has a driver-facing cam used by the driver-monitor to monitor the driver, just confirmed here: Jason Hughes on Twitter There's other stuff I heard...

Tonight Tesla hopes to make automotive history again. Delivering much anticipated Model 3s to anxious prepaying customers. These having put their money where their most principled proud hearts lie. Showing faith in the electric car brand by investing a deposit of $1,000. Okay they paid to be at...

This was posted up on Jalopnik. From what I can tell, I'm not sure who reacted first (in terms of sub-second reaction). But you'll see the Model S traveling at at a relative high rate of speed compared to the stopped traffic in Lane 1 on the freeway. A car, with signal, attempts to move from...

Won’t allow driverless cars that take away jobs: Nitin Gadkari The Indian Minister of Transportation, Nitin Gadkari, has stated that he will not allow driverless cars to operate in India to protect driving jobs in the country. He estimates a need for more than 2.2 million commercial drivers...

Hi All, I am currently doing some research into autonomous functions and how they will impact motor insurance. To get the perspective of drivers, I figures a Tesla owners forum would be a good start given then level of autonomy available with autopilot. I was hoping to pose a few questions and...

As an AP1 Model X owner, I didn’t expect Autopilot to evolve much over the last 12 months. Tesla software engineers had their hands full writing code for AP2 vehicles, so I figured Autopilot updates for AP1 vehicles would simply enter a dormant phase. That certainly did not turn out to be the...

Few time, I noticed a car changing lane without using a sign turn and without checking if it was safe to do so. In this kind of situation, I think that, to avoid collision, I would have slammed on my breaks, but also I might have used my horn to warn the driver that this was unsafe and that...

Very curious to hear what your best road/highway to drive? Mine is pretty easy so far... Texas SH-130 - High speed autopilot heaven.

Do you think something like AP 3.0 hardware would come out in the next 2-3 years? (based on timeline of AP1 and AP2.) My thinking is..maybe? I mean I feel probably not for another 5-7 years if anything. If you release a 3.0 in the next 2 years then you would screw over I feel a bunch of Model 3...

This is what Tesla is not nailing right now: letting the driver know who is driving at all times. Bosch took us for a ride in its level 3 autonomous car With the Bosch proof of concept, you always know who is driving, and the transitions between man and machine are so much clearer. Tesla could...

i see quite a few threads of folks with ap2 having vastly different experiences with autopilot, and I began to wonder if the same was true for ap1. Currently on 17.26.76 and I’m not seeing the improvements that others seem to be experiencing. While going around a sharp curve, the vehicle almost...

Musk laid down the gauntlet. If I weren't building satellites to send up on his rockets, I'd find this an intriguing idea to consider. Who among you is up to the challenge? And I just realized my grammatical error in the thread title.... Sigh.

It sounds like it's A.I. It's certainly marketed like it's the next big thing in A.I. (look ma, no hands) But in fact it's just A.I.-by-proxy. This is a system which relies on the Real Intelligence of the drivers in the surrounding vehicles. The system simply locks onto them, remaining...

I, for one, do not fear change nor the imminent advancement of modern technology. Actually a world without good coffee is quite a bit more horrifying an existence. Yet, Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk shared at a recent broad discussion at the National Governors Conference his more than a...

That adds them to the piling list of those who have done a cross country trip, which includes delphi...Missing in that list ofcourse is Tesla. Self-driving car arrives in Seattle after 2,500-mile autonomous cross-country trip They are also doing a return trip next week. This shows you how...

Study paints perilous future for automakers competing to make driverless cars

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GM is reported to be pushing for this legislation in several states, and a version has passed in Michigan. The act prohibits companies that do not manufacture motor vehicles, such as Waymo, Uber, and Apple, from operating autonomous cars. One version may also prohibit auto manufacturers that...

Sharing introduction experience from my Linkedin blog. Hoping to become among first pioneers test pilot legally blind drivers allowed on road in Tesla self driver technology equipped model. The red one, of course. While some are yet skeptical about safety and as we know it's hard letting go of...

I made a small AP1 vs AP2 test on familiar local roads, where I drive every day. Both cars had the latest firmware ( 17.26.76). AP1 car was my own, two years old 85D, AP2 was only 600km driven Model S 75D from Tesla. As I wrote in the beginning, I only tested local roads (i've read, that on...

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We recently purchased a motorhome and I was looking forward to using my upcoming model 3 as a tow vehicle. However I don't think it's going to be possible to tow it without a trailer or a dolly due to the regen issues and the fact that you can't do it with an S or an X. But then it hit me that...

Does anybody know, how in the Model 3 using Autopilot, how LANE DETECTION will be displayed to the driver with the deleted front dash display??

Full article at: https://jalopnik.com/volvos-driverless-cars-cant-figure-out-kangaroos-1796418109 Also: Volvo's driverless cars 'confused' by kangaroos - BBC News I remember one Australian driver reporting a collision with a kangaroo with his S on these boards. How does autopilot work around...

Download the full paper here. Article based on the above: Researchers blind autonomous cars by tricking LIDAR

Elon Musk was the reason one of Apple's most famous developers left Tesla after only 6 months "in the past seven months, three executives overseeing the Autopilot software have left the company: Sterling Anderson, David Nistér, and now Lattner."

Big changes have been made to Tesla’s Autopilot team. VP of Autopilot Software Chris Lattner has left the company, tweeting that Tesla was not a good fit. New to the company is deep learning and computer vision expert Andrej Karpathy, who most recently worked at OpenAI, Elon Musk’s artificial...

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigned Tuesday, leaving the helm of the ride-hailing company he founded after reports of sexual harassment, discrimination and unsavory business practices at the company. The New York Times first reported Kalanick’s decision. According to the report, Kalanick’s move...

Well, that was quick: Tesla Autopilot: head of software Chris Lattner leaves, Tesla hires new head of AI and computer vision This churn at the top is not good. Given that Chris's main strength is in language design and running complex software projects, I'm going to speculate that Tesla...

Tesla hires deep learning expert Andrej Karpathy to lead Autopilot vision Overall an impressive hire, though maybe Elon isn't happy with current progress?

The DC area is one of the most stressful areas in the country to drive, along with NYC and LA. The lanes are narrow once you get into the city limits, and accidents are common. But everyone in the area knows and dreads the beltway during rushhour. It's usually extremely congested but to make...

[vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENnUstQy-5I&feature=youtu.be” video_title=”1″]TMC Member Eric Bergerson has contributed a thoughtful series of articles this week about the impact of autonomous, electric vehicles on society. Don’t miss those great write-ups – “Will We Own Cars in...

Hello, my name is Eric Bergerson and I’m an industrial designer with an additional background in physics. I work as a consultant in the autonomous vehicle industry and I’m very interested in what’s going to happen when Uber, Lyft and their competitors in America and abroad start using cost...

Hello, my name is Eric Bergerson and I’m an industrial designer with an additional background in physics. I work as a consultant in the autonomous vehicle industry and I’m very interested in what’s going to happen when Uber, Lyft and their competitors in America and abroad start using cost...

Back in May, Tesla said it would start collecting video clips from the cameras onboard Autopilot-equipped vehicles. An image posted Tuesday to the Tesla subreddit by Model S owner and Reddit user kutrod suggests that such data is now flowing to the company. “I think the neural net mining is...

Greetings, I believe that with Mobileye there was a machine learning approach in play for AP. Post parting of the ways, there was lots of talk of "shadow" mode data collection and such. Do we believe that the plan forward for Tesla is machine learning based? Not, do we think is "should be"...

My name is Eric Bergerson and I’m an industrial designer with an additional background in physics. I work as a consultant in the autonomous vehicle industry and I’m very interested in what’s going to happen when Uber, Lyft and the dozens of competitors to those companies are about to have in...

[vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/221199071″ video_title=”1″]The “smooth as silk” Autopilot algorithm promised by Elon Musk is beginning to roll out to Tesla’s equipped with Autopilot 2.0. Model S owner James Hansbert published a video of the new firmware (17.22.46) in action and offered some...