Optical radars operating in the infrared range, are an important safety feature to create automated control systems. They recognize the obstacles in conditions of reduced visibility and hedging conventional cameras. Prototypes Google typical cylinder on the roof equipped with polls.
The company Tesla Motors has not yet demonstrated a desire to equip its electric cars with the autopilot so-called "lidar", but as evidenced by published on the pages of the photo site Electrek.co corresponding prototype Tesla Model S has recently been seen in the vicinity of the headquarters of the company. Such vehicles have been seen on the roads, but they usually belong to other companies - the same group Bosch had his sensors on the platform Tesla Model S. In this case, the electric car was adorned with the logos and license plates at Stanford University, but eyewitnesses claim that he was parked on official parking lot at Tesla Motors headquarters, where outsiders do not have access vehicles.
Elon Musk said earlier that for full autopilot enough radars and cameras, the idea of using lidar it did not seem attractive. Perhaps, the company changed its mind after the recent resonant accidents involving the Tesla electric vehicles, one of which claimed the life of the driver.
A focus group from among the company's employees respond positively to such performance, and now Tesla Motors is considering the inclusion of this option in the colors of the brand series of electric vehicles.
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