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Tesla | Autopilot Gains New Features – New Records From 2017 Q1 Sales

Tesla’s Autopilot semi-autonomous technology has received a boost with new features as part of a Version 8.1 software upgrade. Included in the new package – which Tesla says is its biggest update to Autopilot yet – is improved lane-departure warn


Tesla’s Autopilot semi-autonomous technology has received a boost with new features as part of a Version 8.1 software upgrade.

Included in the new package - which Tesla says is its biggest update to Autopilot yet - is improved lane-departure warning, parallel auto-park and auto lane-change features.

There’s also an updated ‘summon’ feature, and the maximum speed at which Autopilot operates has been wound up from 55 to 80 MPH (from 88 to 128km/h).

To assist with the new features, Autopilot now uses two of the exterior cameras fulltime instead of one, while previous updates to radar functions remain. The second camera will primarily assist with the auto-steer system.

As always, Tesla will continue to use data from its owners’ travels to further improve the system. Tweaks in the pipeline include better autonomous emergency braking and fewer ‘false alarms’.

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