Lawyers at Tesla are set for a busy few months after the electric vehicle giant found itself facing a flurry of legal actions in recent days.
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A software update for Tesla Motors customers brings enhanced safety features, including temperature control to prevent children and pets from overheating. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has said it would investigate the crash, one of a handful linked to the Autopilot system, which made its debut almost a year ago and was created to help drivers change lanes, maintain a safe speed and find parking spaces.
The California-based company stated that its Autopilot system introduced more than a year ago, which helps the vehicle change lanes, maintain proper speed and braking to avoid a collision, was not an entirely autonomous feature.
Offering an array of upgrades to the current system in its Tesla cars, the autopilot software integrated within is said to be a huge advancement in the race towards self-driving cars.
Tesla is being sued by 126 of its customers in Norway who say the company’s vehicles don’t accelerate as quickly as it claims in its promotional materials.
“Software update 8.0 kicks off a significant over-the-air overhaul of the Tesla touchscreen and introduces the biggest UI revamp since the launch of Model S”, Tesla said in a statement Wednesday morning. We’re also expecting to see more information on the software’s functions coming out soon – and maybe even the usual Easter eggs Tesla has been traditionally bundling its software packages with. The facility will offer sales and service of Tesla’s electric auto line.
He said that when Version 8.1 rolls out Tesla will enable always-on minimum and maximum temperatures.
The lowered price range meant that Tesla Model 3 would also be comparatively smaller in built than its predecessors, except the new Tesla would have an additional space-saving feature included.
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He said he dished out 873,900 kroner (US$105,350) for his vehicle. That feature is included as standard equipment in the new GMC Acadia SUV. The update was officially announced by the company over a week ago, confirming that the semi-autonomous driving system will now rely more on radar. Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk made an announcement to that effect, using his favorite social networking medium, Twitter. Unlike its previous approach, Tesla’s Autopilot will now use radar to help detect things that might not get picked up by the camera vision sensors on the vehicle.
