Category Archives: Autonomous Vehicles

HW4 (Tesla new self-driving hardware)

Posted on September 7, 2023 by Kevin

My new Model Y came with Hardware 4 (HW4), consisting of updated cameras and a new computer. Naturally I’m curious about what I got, and there is not a huge amount of information out there. Cameras The new camera suite … Continue reading →

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An open letter to the New York Times about its coverage of Advanced Driver Assistance systems

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Kevin

I don’t know what the New York Times is trying to accomplish in its coverage on driver-assist systems, but informing the public is not it. “Driver-Assist Systems Linked to Hundreds of Crashes“ was your headline, carrying the context-free ambiguous term … Continue reading →

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Will Tesla actually be able to do full self-driving?

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Kevin

Based on my original article at Quora. I’ve driven every incarnation of Tesla’s Autopilot system, from the Autopilot Convenience Feature using the Mobileye chip, to Enhanced Autopilot using TeslaVision and the NVidia computer, to the FSD computer and Tesla’s limited … Continue reading →

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Tesla goodies

Posted on November 6, 2021 by Kevin

I took delivery of my Tesla Model 3 in August of 2018. Most cars just get older with wear, but Teslas improve in some ways with age. It comes with over-the-air firmware updates. This post details some of the improvements … Continue reading →

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Anticipation — An autonomous vehicle story

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Kevin

It’s Monday and this Friday, according to Elon Musk, the long-anticipated “Request Button” is supposed to start rolling out to the Tesla fleet. The button requests access to Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta, something that up to now only existed on … Continue reading →

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Tesla Full Self-Driving Computer

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Kevin

Tesla called. My 2018 Model 3 was manufactured about 8 months before Tesla started including the Full Self-Driving (FSD) computer in all its cars. Those of us who bought the FSD Capability option are entitled to an upgrade. My car … Continue reading →

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Tesla Navigate on Autopilot

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Kevin

I’m returned from my 5,000-mile Model 3 road trip, which gave me a great deal of time to think about Tesla Autopilot as I supervised it across the US and back. Technically NoA works as designed most of the time. … Continue reading →

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