New dashcam video appears to show Tesla Autopilot’s radar technology predicting an accident right before it happened.
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Vehicle manufacturer Tesla shows how reliable its autopilot system really is.
Hoesel is a pretty open advocate of the Autopilot system, as he told NBC News that he drives in Autopilot about 80 percent of the time since he bought his Tesla three months ago.
Elon Musk has been touting the safety potential of Tesla’s autopilot system. The vehicles were travelling down the A2 highway in Eindhoven, Netherlands where the vehicle in front hits the rear of an SUV. In latest news, Tesla’s Autopilot system predicted a crash of two vehicles ahead of the electric auto merely seconds before it happened. As the name suggests, Tesla Autopilot allows the vehicle to operate on its own in certain conditions, but it’s still far from offering a fully fledged self-driving experience. These updates enable the radars to assemble a 3D picture of the world, informing the Autopilot system for a much better navigation of streets. The Forward Collision Warning beeped seconds before the crash occurred and activated emergency braking, bringing the Tesla to a halt.
According to Tesla, it’s not easy to incorporate radar as a primary control sensor in vehicles without the camera system also visually confirming the objects detected. In another incident in September, a Tesla Model S driver died from a collision with a road-sweeper in China.
The collision happened on a motorway in the Netherlands when the auto in front of the Tesla sped up to try and overtake an SUV, only to smash into it, sending both vehicles spinning wildly out of control.
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The inside of a Tesla vehicle is viewed as it sits parked in a new Tesla showroom and service center in Red Hook, Brooklyn on July 5, 2016 in New York City. Noordsij also explained that his Tesla’s Autopilot had already applied the brakes of the auto before he could get to them himself.
