Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is working to make its Full Self Driving (FSD) driving software fully autonomous. The company believes ultimately cameras will be the answer, and recently removed the radar from its Model 3 and Y vehicles, calling the update Tesla Vision.
When Tesla first releases a new Autopilot software, it will sometimes reduce the capabilities until safety is proven. With Tesla Vision, the company reduced the maximum speed from 90mph to 75mph. But next week that top speed will be lifted.
Production release update coming this week, which includes raising max speed to 80 mph. Sorry, 75 mph limit was done as precautionary measure. Turned out to be unnecessary.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 29, 2021
This change will allow the software to cruise at the speed limit in all of the U.S. besides certain roads in Texas that have a speed limit of 85mph.
Benzinga’s Take: Slowly Tesla is moving towards its goal of a vision-based, fully autonomous driving platform. A new update to Tesla’s FSD Beta program is also underway, with the company removing the radar from the limited software that allows the car to fully drive itself from point A to point B with only a driver monitor.
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(Photo of Tesla Model 3 Courtesy of Tesla)
