Tag: tesla autopilot

  • This Tesla analyst just destroyed the Consumer Reports self-driving trick test

    This Tesla analyst just destroyed the Consumer Reports self-driving trick test

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    Tesla analyst Pierre Ferragu of New Street Research isn’t impressed by Consumer Reports’ evaluation that apparently “tricked” that a Model Y to driving itself without anyone from the passenger seat. Earlier this week,” Consumer Reports claims it produced a Model Y push by “tricking” that it with a set of weights, contraptions, and loopholes which…

  • Tesla Autopilot ‘easily tricked’ by Consumer Reports in bizarre test

    Tesla Autopilot ‘easily tricked’ by Consumer Reports in bizarre test

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    Consumer Reports claims to have shown that Tesla Autopilot can be “easily tricked” into driving without anyone in the driver’s seat. The test process was extremely bizarre and required certain items that most drivers would never have in their vehicles. CR released a report on April 22nd entitled, “CR Engineers Show a Tesla Will Drive…

  • Ford shows BlueCruise hands-free driving while CEO Farley takes jab at Tesla

    Ford shows BlueCruise hands-free driving while CEO Farley takes jab at Tesla

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    Ford released a new video of its BlueCruise hands-free driving system earlier today. It didn’t come with a straightforward approach, either as the company’s CEO, Jim Farley, took a jab at Tesla in a Tweet that highlighted the new driver assistance feature. Ford’s BlueCruise is the legacy automaker’s crack at a semi-autonomous driving functionality that…

  • Ford takes aim at Tesla, GM with its new hands-free driving system

    Ford takes aim at Tesla, GM with its new hands-free driving system

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    Ford will debut its new hands-free driving feature on the 2021 F-150 pickup truck and certain 2021 Mustang Mach-E models through a software update later this year, technology that the automaker developed to rival similar systems from Tesla and GM. That hands-free capability — which uses cameras, radar sensors and software to provide a combination…

  • Tesla settles lawsuit with former employee who took Autopilot source code

    Tesla settles lawsuit with former employee who took Autopilot source code

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    Tesla has settled a lawsuit with Cao Guangzhi, a former engineer with the company accused of stealing the Autopilot source code in 2019 after leaving the company. A statement prepared by Guangzhi’s lawyer that was shared to Reuters indicated that a settlement had occurred and that Cao “had never accessed any Tesla data after he left…

  • Tesla ramps hiring for Autopilot data labeling team in Gigafactory New York

    Tesla ramps hiring for Autopilot data labeling team in Gigafactory New York

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    A recent article by Tesla’s official LinkedIn report has signaled that the provider wants to bolster its Autopilot team with quite a few dedicated info annotation-related job openings. Quite interestingly, the applicable project listings will be for Buffalo, where Tesla’s Solar Roof along with Supercharger factory, Gigafactory New York, is situated.  In accordance with the…

  • Tesla used an Apple tactic to leave them ‘way behind’ in self-driving: ARK Investment

    Tesla used an Apple tactic to leave them ‘way behind’ in self-driving: ARK Investment

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    Tesla took a page out of Apple’s book in terms of developing its own self-driving chip, according to ARK Investment Management CEO Cathie Wood. As a result, Apple’s future self-driving car is well behind before anything has really even started. “Tesla took a leaf out of Apple’s book when it developed its own chip for…

  • Tesla driver caught cheating license exam using Autopilot

    Tesla driver caught cheating license exam using Autopilot

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    Tesla motorist Andreas Shpataj sneakily switched on his all-electric automobile ’s Autopilot method to retake his motorist ’s permit test. Regrettably, his strategies didn’t even work on the seemingly quite observant DMV examiner. The DMV examiner detected the gloomy steering wheel in the infotainment system’s driving visualizations during Shpataj’s permit test. “All right quick question.…

  • Apple brings in TSMC to develop chips for Tesla-like self-driving ‘Apple Car’: report

    Apple brings in TSMC to develop chips for Tesla-like self-driving ‘Apple Car’: report

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    Apple is working with TSMC, a semiconductor design and manufacturing company, to develop a semi-autonomous “Tesla-like” automobile, a new report indicates. Apple Insider reported Wednesday the Apple’s “Project Titan” might be focused on developing technology that could facilitate the production of self-driving cars. Apple might be developing its own vehicle behind the scenes. DigiTimes initially…

  • Tesla Autopilot tops China ranking for best Advanced Driver Assistance System

    Tesla Autopilot tops China ranking for best Advanced Driver Assistance System

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    A Tesla Model 3 along with its Autopilot program received the best position, just one of a list of 11, in a test conducted in China by motoring group Garage 42. In general, the Tesla Model 3’s innovative driver assistance system received a whole score of 283 points, leading with a significant gap in your…