automation
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Tesla Hacker Claims To Have Discovered Hidden Hands-Free ‘Elon Mode’
If you’re using Tesla’s so-called Full Self Driving, not only is it not actually self-driving, but the system requires you to keep a hand on the wheel and uses a camera to make sure you’re looking at the road. Like pretty much everything Tesla does, it’s an imperfect system that owners can find frustrating, but…
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Self-Driving Cars Keep Getting Into Hit-and-Runs — As Victims
A report found that human drivers in San Francisco keep crashing into autonomous cars, and fleeing the scene when they see nobody at the wheel.
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Tesla’s New Autopilot Hardware Can’t Be Retrofit to Older Cars
Since late last year, we’ve known Tesla’s plans to add radar back to its cars. The move is the final nail in the computer-vision coffin, a testament to the necessity of radar (or LiDAR) in automated driving. But now the computer meant to reintroduce radar appears to have leaked, and brings another “feature” of the…