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Category Archives: Autonomous Vehicles
HW4 (Tesla new self-driving hardware)
My new Model Y came with Hardware 4 (HW4), consisting of updated cameras and a new computer. Naturally I’m curious about what I got, and there is not a huge amount of information out there. Cameras The new camera suite … Continue reading
An open letter to the New York Times about its coverage of Advanced Driver Assistance systems
I don’t know what the New York Times is trying to accomplish in its coverage on driver-assist systems, but informing the public is not it. “Driver-Assist Systems Linked to Hundreds of Crashes“ was your headline, carrying the context-free ambiguous term … Continue reading
Will Tesla actually be able to do full self-driving?
Based on my original article at Quora. I’ve driven every incarnation of Tesla’s Autopilot system, from the Autopilot Convenience Feature using the Mobileye chip, to Enhanced Autopilot using TeslaVision and the NVidia computer, to the FSD computer and Tesla’s limited … Continue reading
Tesla goodies
I took delivery of my Tesla Model 3 in August of 2018. Most cars just get older with wear, but Teslas improve in some ways with age. It comes with over-the-air firmware updates. This post details some of the improvements … Continue reading
Posted in Autonomous Vehicles, Software updates, Technology, Tesla, Tesla
Tagged Software Updates, Tesla
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Anticipation — An autonomous vehicle story
It’s Monday and this Friday, according to Elon Musk, the long-anticipated “Request Button” is supposed to start rolling out to the Tesla fleet. The button requests access to Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta, something that up to now only existed on … Continue reading
Posted in Autonomous Vehicles, Electric vehicles
Tagged Autonomous vehicles, Autopilot, Full Self-Driving, Tesla
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Tesla Full Self-Driving Computer
Tesla called. My 2018 Model 3 was manufactured about 8 months before Tesla started including the Full Self-Driving (FSD) computer in all its cars. Those of us who bought the FSD Capability option are entitled to an upgrade. My car … Continue reading
Posted in Autonomous Vehicles, Electric vehicles
Tagged Autopilot, FSD, Full Self-Driving, Hardware 3.0, Model 3, Tesla
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Tesla Navigate on Autopilot
I’m returned from my 5,000-mile Model 3 road trip, which gave me a great deal of time to think about Tesla Autopilot as I supervised it across the US and back. Technically NoA works as designed most of the time. … Continue reading
Posted in Autonomous Vehicles, Electric vehicles
Tagged Autopilot, Model 3, Navigate on Autopilot, Tesla
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