On the last Wednesday of the event the head of Tesla Elon Musk (Elon Musk) announced its intention to begin production by the end of 2017 fully self-driving cars.
Now the company is testing a system of Autonomous driving, as evidenced by its published video. Tesla car by yourself leaves the garage, leaves the city, leaves the highway and goes to the headquarters of Tesla. The video emphasizes that the presence of the person in the car due to the need to implement existing legislation. However, towards the end of the video, the man leaves the car, and she is without insurance from his hand finds a place to Park, slowing down in motion to give way to a pedestrian crossing the path of its movement.
As noted by Musk on Twitter, the car even missed available free Parking place for the disabled, because it “understands” that not everything is allowed to Park vehicles.
Elon Musk announced at the event, the Autopilot system is a new generation and announced that starting today, all current Tesla cars will be equipped with the equipment for Autonomous driving. This does not mean that electric cars Tesla is now fully Autonomous. Just that they will have all of the necessary equipment for the implementation of further functions of autonomy, including 8 cameras, providing a 360-degree, 12 ultrasonic sensors and advanced radar, capable of operating in all weather conditions. And when software for standalone security will be fully prepared, it will be easy to install as software updates over the air.
