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The tweets make no mention of where these patents were filed, or when, but the wording of the text says that the vehicle shown in the diagram may be a passenger car, truck, sport utility vehicle, or van. It may also be semi-autonomous or fully-autonomous vehicle, but it seems that Tesla doesn t want these potential features to be made use of while driving, as the key goes on to say that in embodiments, vehicle 100 is not autonomously driven.
Obviously, the goal is to one day have autonomous systems that are so safe that one could face the rear of the car while in the driver s seat, but while that goal is a long way away, this is a great start.
The review over sudden unintended acceleration has been closed.
No new car or truck is perfect but some are certainly better than others. Take Tesla, for example. The electric vehicle automaker has not only changed the auto industry forever but also altered the automobile itself with its advanced battery-electric powertrains and over-the-air-updates. Safety has been another key area for CEO and co-founder Elon Musk since day one, though systems like Autopilot have hindered that. But when reports of sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) incidents first appeared a few years ago, Tesla took notice. So did the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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As the automotive world gradually goes green, Tesla is sticking a finger in as many pies as it can find, and seems to only be growing in popularity - news of high demand needing to be met in the final quarter of 2020 came straight from the CEO s outbox in an email sent to employees, urging them to help increase production in order to meet its 500,000-unit annual target. It seems the automaker has been hard at work during the tail-end of 2020, with Full Self-Driving software being tested for release in the coming weeks, too. Seems as though 2021 will be an exciting year for Tesla.
New-and-improved versions of the Tesla Model S and X could be right around the corner.
Tesla s original family passenger vehicle, the Tesla Model S, hasn t had a serious overhaul since the 2016 model year. That s when it received a restyled front fascia without the black faux-grille panel and began picking up new features like Autopilot 2.0 with Enhanced Summon, and later, Sentry Mode.
But recently, a number of observers have picked up on indications that a new overhaul could be coming to Tesla s flagship Model S sedan and Model X crossover soon. Now, we can add one more item to the evidence list: some lines of code within Tesla s latest software update pertaining to a cabin-facing selfie camera in the interior.
LS-swap all the things!
If there s one major detriment to Tesla s image as a sustainable, eco-friendly manufacturer of emissions-free pure-electric vehicles, it s the company s stance on repairs and rebuilds. The automaker maintains an iron tight grip over the parts market for its own vehicles, and more often than not, when a customer car needs a significant amount of attention, Tesla would sooner guide that customer toward buying an all-new vehicle than repairing the one they ve got.
But all else being equal, keeping an already-built vehicle on the road is generally much more sustainable than purchasing an all-new one. That s part of what inspired YouTube s Rich Rebuilds to embark upon a Tesla Model S V8-swap project.