The functions for automated driving cost a Tesla owner $ 2500.
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Tesla leaves its electric cars in the future even change lanes and maintain the correct distance. The “autopilot” function, there is a software update – for $ 2,500
The electric car maker Tesla automatically lets his vehicles in the future, the track and the distance. hold. They should change lanes and the target can also parking.
The already announced in last year “autopilot” functions are first in the US via software Update added. Europe and Asia will follow soon.
The functions for automated driving cost a Tesla owner $ 2500. However, the software is still in an early phase, and the drivers should keep their hands on the steering wheel as far as possible, said founder and chief Elon Musk in a conference call late on Wednesday. In relaxed traffic situations some drivers may be able to let go of the control – “but we do not recommend that.” Give it an accident when changing lanes with “autopilot”, exemplary still the driver warned Musk.
car changes the track alone
The car changes lanes alone when the turn signal is activated. When parking, the software also automatically searches for a suitable parking space along the roadside.
Tesla had the vehicles freshly produced its Model S with radar and ultrasound for months Sensors and cameras equipped. This enables, among other things, a side-impact warning. Around 60,000 of the total 90,000-built Tesla had the necessary equipment on board. Sensor data from the vehicles are uploaded to Tesla to improve the capabilities of the software. “The system learns over time,” Musk said.
Also, the SUV model X, whose production is being ramped up to, obtain the “autopilot” functions , Musk expects that cars could bring in principle alone the occupants from A to B in three years. It will still take at least a year longer to create a legal framework for it.
computer are fundamentally better drivers than men, stressed Musk. At the same time, he acknowledged that it is the software sometimes severe case, to detect pedestrians and cyclists as other vehicles. The self-propelled car “should drive around any pedestrian, hopefully,” he said. But it is currently in his view, still too early to be worried.
Tesla about 50 employees working at the “autopilot” software and about 100 on the hardware to Musk said. The carmaker has a total of around 14 000 employees.
Other manufacturers integrate into their cars already functions for automated driving, such as Mercedes in its S-Class. For Tesla, the car should be able to go to the next software version 7.1 from alone in the garage.
The billionaire Musk is betting that electric drives are the future. With prices in dollars of 70 000 (61 000 euro) plays Tesla previously but only in the upper class with. Musk hopes for a sales boost when starting from the year 2017 comes a “Model 3″ for around $ 35,000. ‘/ P>
were recently at investors more doubts about the business prospects emerged from Tesla. The share price fell from $ 260 in September under the brand of 220 dollars. After the announcements about the “autopilot” features the share gained premarket temporarily by one percent to some 217 dollars.
dpa
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