Software update 8.0 brings with it a new look for the central touchscreen, the most major update to its design since the Model S launched.
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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.
Tesla Motors is releasing a new version of Autopilot overnight, adding features the company says will make it safer and more reliable.
The driver’s family claim the vehicle was using Tesla’s Autopilot technology at the time of the crash, although Tesla dispute this and insist the crash was not due to a technology failure.
V8.0 is claimed to be a major overhaul “on nearly every level”, with hundreds of important revisions.
The media player has been redesigned and personalized to put your favorite content front and center. Search is simpler and more powerful, accessing streaming radio, live stations, and podcasts to help you quickly find what you’re looking for. Initiation is quick and feedback lets you focus on the road without compromising convenience or control.
– Automatically navigate highway interchanges.
The 8.0 upgrade takes this into consideration, allowing the auto to autonomously make room for large vehicles – even if that means going out of lane slightly, as long as it is safe to do so, of course.
Tesla Motors plans to introduce a new combination of solar power, battery storage and electric-vehicle charging systems at an event near San Francisco on October 28. Putting your Tesla into Drive automatically starts navigation to your first waypoint. And then there was the lawsuit Tesla filed last week against an oil executive, claiming he impersonated Elon Musk using a dumb Yahoo email address. Learn more about seeing the world in radar. Google and other companies researching self-driving vehicles use lidar, and chips made by EPC are used in these systems.
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Sandvold Roland said Tesla’s own tests and independent checks showed the P85D can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers (60 miles) per hour in 3.1 to 3.3 seconds.
