According to the founder of Tesla Motors Elon Musk (Elon Musk), the electric vehicles will be able to drive without the intervention of the driver in three years, but it will take several years to be granted unmanned approved authorities. Software update released after September 2014 sedan Tesla Model S to version 7.0 provides them with elements of autopilot, using the data from the cameras, radar, ultrasonic sensors and a navigation system. The driver is still required to keep hands on the wheel, if it does not, then after a series of warnings car just slow down and stop. At least, that's algorithms work safety on the road. Parallel parking function automatically requires intervention only by pressing the brake pedal.
Sedans Tesla Model S is now able to move in the mode of the adaptive cruise control , and the first on the market offer auto rebuild - only enough to include turn signal, and the absence of interference in the adjacent row electric reconstructed itself. Naturally, the monitoring function "blind spots" is also activated - it sends a signal, in the same direction if someone approached the car too much. As explained by Elon Musk, all owners sedan Model S with the "partial autopilot" will participate in the accumulation of information about the behavior of the electric car on the road - the data will automatically be sent to the "cloud" and the autopilot will gradually become "smarter" the accumulation of "collective experience ".
While software version 7.0 with the elements of the autopilot is only available to US holders of Tesla Model S, but soon it will have European and Asian owners of electric vehicles. Control system "blind zones", hold in the band and an automatic parking (both parallel and perpendicular) has long been used by leading auto companies. Related Products :
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