AUTOPILOT. The video below will no doubt reassure Elon Musk, boss of Tesla Motors, which is facing many setbacks since the beginning of the year 2016 with the Autopilot, the software of assistance to the conduct that equips its cars. The magnate of the Silicon Valley, moreover, has not failed to pass on his Twitter account. And for good reason : you can see a Tesla – the Model X – trigger alert, collision and activate emergency braking for no apparent reason. Except that a few seconds later, an accident involving the two vehicles before it occurs indeed.
2016, a year bad for Tesla
The Autopilot seems so, well, after the pictures, have reacted before the impact between the two vehicles located in front. It has in fact spotted a brake abnormal the part of the SUV above the red car (we see his brake lights through the windshield) and then took the appropriate measures. This is the radar fitted to the Tesla which has detected the maneuver is abnormal thanks to a technology that uses waves redundant and that allows you to “see” in particularly difficult conditions : in heavy rain, in fog and even in this situation beyond the vehicle immediately in front. The Autopilot also retrieves information from cameras and ultrasonic sensors. The whole system has received a major update in the last quarter of 2016. Titled V 8.0, it has without doubt helped to achieve this braking spectacular. The accident has in the end caused no serious injuries, specifies the user who posted this video. This latest news should not overshadow a year of overall negative for the cars Tesla involved in several accidents, including one fatal, in which the reaction (or lack of reaction) of the Autopilot is in question. The firm, which has not commented officially on this information, prepares a new updates major that will enable driving in complete autonomy, without the intervention of the driver, on a route that is predefined, subject to regulatory approval specific to each country. It would be imminent.
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