Counterpoint on the tea leaves for Tesla releasing it next year is that they very likely will need to do a lot of internal testing of it first. Note that it generally takes time to take a product (the 8 cameras) and incorporate it into your vehicle, and then program the car's responses to this environment. So, even if they are releasing it to Tesla next year, it will be some time before they actually get incorporated and then the supply ramps up to be added into production cars. They didn't start putting it in the Tesla until, what? 1 year after it first became an available thing?
Second, your clipping out of the commentary from the CEO makes it seem like it could be Tesla, but if you go and read the whole transcript I think you are misreading the comments. Let me give that whole section for all to read:
So you have the CEO describing a product (deep learning and reading of free space) that they confirm is what is in the Tesla and then state that additionally these capabilities will be available to two OEMs in 2016. This basically means that the 2016 release is *NOT* Tesla, because Tesla already had implemented this capability. Why would Tesla need to re-release this capability if it already exists, as stated by the CEO? This doesn't flow with how the speech was prepared, and would be reading something that wasn't even hinted at.
The next paragraph then goes back to Tesla, he states that they are using a single camera, but then states that the multi-camera launches could begin as early as next year. Now, you could either read that this "early as next year" is alluding to the aforementioned two OEMs (wording doesn't fit), or most likely this is alluding to an as of yet, un-solidified date by some *other manufacturer*(s). This could be Tesla... maybe not... but it isn't confirmed to be 2016, it is a lot less certain. There are known OEMs with the three camera setup in the front upcoming on cars, so this could be that?
Then they talk about 4 separate launches of the tri-camera only and then two launches of the 8 camera which, based on the next sentance, the whole launch process will go from 2016 - 2019. Tesla is very likely to be one of these, but which is it? the 3 camera setup? the 8 camera setup? I don't think anything is certain, and it could be that they are on track to implement this "as early as 2016" or in the "2016 to 2019 timeframe".
My personal bet is that it will come either at the end of 2017 as they get closer to the Model 3, they will push down the Model S hardware into the 3, and refresh the S and X with the hot new toys to ensure that those who want to keep with the latest and greatest will buy the high price Model S/X and those who can't won't care either way, since a 35k (plus 2,500 on an option) partially self-driving car is better than anyone in that price range is likely to have available to them.
