Many posts on this website have already discussed self-driving cars and systems, and the remarkable uprising of Tesla. A few weeks ago however, Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla Motors) announced the company would come with an exciting new announcement. As of this week, we know what he was pointing at, and it sure was a surprise.
So last week, Tesla announced that they are going to equip every new vehicle that is produced from this week with new equipment, consisting of 7 new cameras. Thanks to these cameras the Tesla cars are now able to drive fully autonomous, without requiring any human assistance. Although it must be noted that the software for fully autonomous driving is not ready for public release, the cars will be ready to receive this kind of functionality in the future.
Tesla drives itself (no human input at all) thru urban streets to highway to streets, then finds a parking spot https://t.co/V2T7KGMPBo
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 20 oktober 2016
In a short video released by Tesla, the company shows the new functionally. A Tesla vehicle drive from a residential area to an Tesla office in the United States. This whole trip is fully autonomous. A driver is seated behind the wheel, but only in order to comply the current laws. The car can be seen driving through several streets, often a bit aggressively (making it really human).
But the most exciting new feature is the ability to automatically park and summon the Tesla cars. When the vehicle drops the user at their destination, the car will automatically search for an empty parking place (while being empyt!). And even more conveinient, the car will pick the user up when the users summons the car via a special Tesla app.
So a lot of interesting developments are rapidly enveloping in this sector.
https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/20/tesla-shows-off-its-upgraded-self-driving-capabilities/
