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Todd Burch
14-Year Member
To be clear, this press conference/blog was about AP updates in 8.0, not 8.0 in general.
So you're seeing JUST the improvements to autopilot. The rest of the software improvements are done by a different team and weren't the topic of discussion here, but they are there.
So you're seeing JUST the improvements to autopilot. The rest of the software improvements are done by a different team and weren't the topic of discussion here, but they are there.
rog
Member
The blog post was about AP, not V8 in general. Classic Teslas wouldn't benefit of a single improvement that the blog / press qa was about. I think we have already confirmed that the music player will be changing in 8.0, so I wouldn't worry too much.
Sir Guacamolaf
The good kind of fat
I told you so, about the new capabilities on current hardware. New hardware late next year.
Now how good this update actually is ... Is impossible to say without trying it out. It looks interesting though. Can't wait to try it.
Now how good this update actually is ... Is impossible to say without trying it out. It looks interesting though. Can't wait to try it.
No 8.0 for Classic Teslas?
From the USA Today article: Tesla CEO Elon Musk announces Autopilot upgrades
"The new system will be beamed wireless to Tesla cars made in the last couple of years in the next two weeks, Musk said."
Guess it's time to trade up...
Gosh, I hope not. I guess they will eventually have to stop updating older cars (as Apple does with older phones), but I hope the product cycle window would be longer on a car.
Will be watching this closely as I am looking at buying a "classic". If updates are done and there is no more possibility of having the little bugs with NAV and media player, etc fixed then I will have to think long and hard about buying.
twall-e
Roaming
Zoals ik het lees is 8.1 juist de NAV update (maar high-def mapping alleen voor USA)
Todd Burch
14-Year Member
Oh yeah, it absolutely had spin on it because it was so vague but I took it as a nod that the NHTSA and NTSB maybe even Elon himself felt more testing should have been done before 7.0/7.1 was released. Maybe when the reports are issued we will find out.Could be. Actually, I think that is carefully worded to emphasize that Tesla will continue to be even more focused as the amount of technology and driver-dependence on those things increases. ...or at least that is the spin I'd put on the answer to your question if I were his Communications Lawyer/VP/Whatever.
The hardware is from MobilEye. It's my understanding the software is all Tesla's. I think the increased reliance is born of necessity (how can we improve what we've already deployed) and ingenuity, not loss of partnership.
Hans Noordsij
Well-Known Member
Er komen veel meer veranderingen dan alleen AP. Vooral bij NAV en daarbinnen SuC info. Het wordt de grootste update die er ooit geweest is. Benieuwd naar de volledige releasenotes straks. Deze Q&A had alleen betrekking op het onderdeel AP en was behoorlijk veelbelovend.
I'm no expert on this technically but I think the increased reliance on radar is due to the deficiency of the camera thus the breakup with MobilEye. It sounds sort of like a workaround until they develop the new hardware technology internally.
robertvg
Extremely Well-Known Member
CJA Hulskamp
MY LR Blue
Ben wel bang dat er een hoop herstel software updates zullen komen bij zo een grote update. Maar goed dat hoort erbij
Hans Noordsij
Well-Known Member
Radar and camera see things differently. Not sure these things could have been accomplished with camera. I think this came from thinking outside the box on how to use radar, not deficiencies of camera.
Yeah, that should be interesting. In my experience, "1" isn't close enough to deter everyone, but is close enough to make it dangerous when they come in, so I have been setting it to "3" and just letting things happen even though it encourages and rewards idiots. It'll be interesting to see what the new firmware does.
twall-e
Roaming
Well Elon stated that their original thought process was that the camera would be primary and the sensors secondary. Reversing that thought process tells me this thinking didn't work thus the workaround or as you say thinking outside the box. They really have no choice from a financial standpoint and I suspect the regulators weren't giving them many options either.