'Tesla software update lets cars park themselves'
http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-update-includes-self-parking-summon-feature-2016-1 A wild new Tesla feature lets a car park itself without anyone in the car [20160109] Alexei Oreskovic Tesla car owners already get a lot of attention on the road when they cruise around in the slick, all-electric vehicles. But now they're sure to get even more stares, thanks to a head-turning new trick that Tesla cars can perform. A new "Summon" feature allows Telsa cars to park themselves, driving completely autonomously, without anyone in the actual automobile. The Summon feature is part of the new 7.1 software update for the cars, released on Saturday according to Electrek. Among the new features are user interface changes, improved collision detection and the ability to have your garage door open and close automatically, according to reports. But the Summon feature is what really stands out. The feature, which is apparently still in beta, allows a Tesla car to park itself without anyone actually sitting inside the car. It also allows a car owner to summon their parked vehicle, with the car driving itself out of a garage or parking spot on its own — so long as it's within a distance of 39 feet. A Model S owner can activate the feature with the Tesla's wireless key fob. It seems straight out of a science fiction movie. Here's a video of the Summon feature in action, posted by a Tesla owner: While the Summon feature advances Tesla's efforts in autonomous driving, the new software update actually introduces more restrictions to some of the existing self-driving features. Tesla has apparently now restricted some of the previous autopilot features to certain types of roads and driving conditions, in the wake of user videos posted online that showed people driving recklessly with the feature. [© 2016 Business Insider] ... http://electrek.co/2016/01/09/model-s-drive-itself-tesla-updated-v7-1-with-summoninging-option/ Now the Model S can REALLY drive itself, Tesla pushes update v7.1 with “summoning” feature (Video) ... http://www.mytechbits.com/tesla-software-update-lets-cars-park-themselves/981148786/ Tesla software update lets cars park themselves January 10, 2016 ... http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1101844_creeping-toward-kitt-now-tesla-can-be-summoned-and-park-itself-video Creeping Toward KITT? Now Tesla Can Be Summoned And Park Itself (Video) Jan 12, 2016 ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KITT KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand) was ... built ... with artificial intelligence ... allows the CPU to drive the car ... predecessor was KARR, the Knight Automated Roving Robot ... programmed for self-preservation, but this proved to be dangerous ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KARR_%28Knight_Rider%29 For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-KITT-or-KARR-Tesla-update-v7-1-summoning-feature-v-tp4679745.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
