Tesla Autopilot

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) autopilot, when enabled, results in a noticeable reduction in driver attention, Electrek reported on Monday, citing a study based on MIT Advanced Vehicle Technology data. What Happened: A group of MIT researchers has used data from the study to publish another study...

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) is abandoning the radar in favor of a camera-based Autopilot system for its vehicles. What Happened: Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter that the electric vehicle maker is now rolling out “Pure vision Autopilot” in North America. This will be followed by the...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that federal investigators are still gathering information in a probe of a fatal Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) crash in Texas last week, Reuters reported Thursday. What Happened: Buttigieg said that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (...

Tesla Inc.’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) vehicle safety report for the first quarter of 2021 shows that the average distance per accident while driving on Autopilot has declined year-over-year. What Happened: Tesla said that, in the most recent quarter, vehicles using Autopilot registered an accident for...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is planning a software upgrade to its in-vehicle sentry mode security system that would allow users access to a live stream from their vehicle’s autopilot cameras at any moment, Electrek reported Saturday. What Happened: The update — said to be version...

What Happened: Replying to a user’s question about the “Full Self Driving” software beta in Minnesota, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said that the company might go to a wider beta in approximately two weeks. Probably going to a wider beta in ~2 weeks — Elon Musk (@...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) has released its “Vehicle Safety Report” for the third-quarter that contains figures related to accidents per mile involving the automaker’s vehicles with autopilot engaged and disengaged.  What Happened: In Q3, the Elon Musk-led company registered...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday that the price of the automaker’s full self-driving feature will be raised by $2,000, starting Monday. What Happened: “Now that Tesla FSD beta is out in limited release, FSD price (new or upgrade) will go up by ~$2k on...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday said the automaker was open to licensing software and supplying key components, such as powertrains and batteries to rivals in a bid to give a boost to sustainable energy. What Happened "Tesla is open to licensing software and supplying...

Not even news of autonomous robotaxis could steer Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)'s stock straight after a weekend Model S explosion and board shakeup. What Happened Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Monday he is “very confident” the automaker will operate 1 million robotaxis next year. The mass of...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) traded down Monday morning as investors took note of a couple updates over the three-day weekend. Boards Changes On Friday, Tesla announced it would restructure its board from 11 to nine members after former Solarcity CFO Brad Buss and Johnson Publishing CEO Linda Johnson...

A hack by a crack security team that deceived the Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) autopilot system into moving into an oncoming lane highlights the safety concerns around self-driving vehicles but falls outside the accepted scope of attacks against autonomous vehicles, experts said. Tesla Autopilot,...

There are 1.3 billion reasons why Detroit's automakers and Silicon Valley's hottest startups can't compete with Elon Musk's Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA). According to a Bloomberg Technology report,, Tesla has amassed 1.3 billion miles of data from its cars equipped with self-driving technologies...

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk was a guest on CNBC earlier Friday and he had a lot to talk about. Car Fires Musk was quick to point out that Tesla received a tremendous amount of media coverage after a few of its cars caught on fire. He pointed out that out of the approximate...

Over the weekend, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) announced on its blog that it will be making a major strategy shift in its autopilot technology. Tesla has been adding radar hardware to all of its vehicles since late 2014 to be used as a supplementary sensor to the camera and image processing...