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Tesla Details Biggest Software Update Yet For Its Models

SNJ Today is a Southern New Jersey news and information source based in Millville, New Jersey that is dedicated to providing current stories related specifically to South Jersey. It was the first call Musk had joined since he announced earlier in the summer that Tesla planned to purchase the solar installer. Musk says it’s “to make sure there aren’t small regressions”. The facility will offer sales and service of Tesla’s electric vehicle line.

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Version 8.0 of Autopilot includes huge changes to how the object detection system works, using radar to help detect things that might not get picked up by the camera vision sensors on the vehicle. This means that the probability of picking up substantial masses in the periphery of your Tesla is going to be drastically increased. Essentially, the pricing of this version is now pitched on the same lines as the 60 kWh versions, thus offering customers a free range upgrade. Teslas made after October 2014 have radar.

One of noted self-driving cars of the future, Tesla Model 3 is an upcoming make of Musk and his team’s continuous innovation in the campaign to spread driverless technology to the global auto market, related IBT AU news. The next incremental update will provide manual settings for the specific temperature thresholds.

One of the most important upgrades is the addition of a temperature-control function developed to save the lives of pets and infants trapped in a hot auto.

Tesla describes its newest features through a new Software section on its company website which we’ve highlighted below.

“But many people pushed their financial limits in order to own a vehicle with 700 horsepower, and when you notice that you didn’t get what you paid for you feel cheated”, he said.

One of the most appealing features of the P85D model was “Insane mode”, which promised to take riders from 0-60 miles per hour in just three seconds.

The 8.1 update to come at a later date will also let users set their own min and max temperatures to engaged the automatic temperature control, Musk noted on Twitter.

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Meanwhile, the new update has already started rolling out over-the-air.

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