3 Self-Driving Vehicle Stories You Probably Missed — From Mobile/Intel, Argo AI, & Waymo

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 06:53:59 +0000

We spilled a lot of virtual ink on Tesla AI Day 2022 recently, but there are several other self-driving stories from recent weeks that have been on the list waiting for their time to shine. Let’s catch up on a few of these other pieces. 1. Mobileye, the self-driving tech division of Intel that was […]

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Tesla & German Auto Industry’s Varied Tech Paths

Credit to Author: Matt Pressman| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 03:38:08 +0000

Tesla’s Elon Musk is capturing the attention of Germany’s finest in the auto sector. Der Spiegel reports on Tesla’s agility and creative management of the chip crisis. “At Tesla, speed and flexibility appear to trump all else. If need be, Musk relocates individual steps in the production process to other countries. It has almost become a standard […]

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No, Elon Musk Not Looking “Increasingly Isolated As Automakers Embrace Lidar”

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 07:38:57 +0000

A new Bloomberg article popped up in recent days with a headline that sort of irked me. The title was: “Elon Musk Looks Increasingly Isolated As Automakers Embrace Lidar.” I don’t know what is in the article since I’m not a Bloomberg subscriber, but I could guess, since we cover this space quite obsessively. Most […]

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Tesla Is Now Installing Full Self Driving Hardware 3 Upgrade In Some Cars

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 22:39:26 +0000

The first confirmed upgrade to Tesla’s new Full Self Driving hardware version 3 took place today after a customer took his 2018 Tesla Model S P100DL into the Santa Barbara service center to get a new HEPA filter. After the service, Twitterer and longtime Tesla supporter Sofiaan Fraval noticed that a line on his service documents indicated that the new hardware had been installed at the appointment as well (h/t to Vincent for spotting this one)

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Tesla Installs First Customer Upgrade To Full Self Driving Hardware 3

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 22:39:26 +0000

The first confirmed upgrade to Tesla’s new Full Self Driving hardware version 3 took place today after a customer took his 2018 Tesla Model S P100DL into the Santa Barbara service center to get a new HEPA filter. After the service, Twitterer and longtime Tesla supporter Sofiaan Fraval noticed that a line on his service documents indicated that the new hardware had been installed at the appointment as well (h/t to Vincent for spotting this one)

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