{"id":33009,"date":"2022-10-05T12:04:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T16:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=33009"},"modified":"2022-10-05T12:04:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T16:04:06","slug":"1137379_tesla-bets-on-camera-sensing-drops-ultrasonic-sensors-pauses-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=33009","title":{"rendered":"Tesla bets on camera sensing, drops ultrasonic sensors, pauses some features"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tesla confirmed that as of October 2022, all Model 3<\/a> and Model Y<\/a> vehicles built for North America, as well as Europe, the Middle East, and Taiwan, no longer include ultrasonic sensors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For a range of driver assistance features, including Autopilot, Enhanced Autopilot, and what Tesla considers Full Self Driving<\/a>\u2014plus other active-safety features\u2014the electric vehicles will rely solely on the camera-based system that the company terms Tesla Vision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tesla says that cars shipped without ultrasonic sensors, which it sometimes abbreviates USS, will \u201ctemporarily\u201d lose access to a wide range of features, including Park Assist, Autopark, Summon, and Smart Summon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These features will all be back, Tesla promises, but the company makes no assurance that their replacements will be better. They will be restored \u201cin the near future,\u201d according to the company, \u201conce these features achieve performance parity to today\u2019s vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tesla Model 3 sensors – from owner’s manual<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The automaker had up until now included 12 ultrasonic sensors per vehicle, located at the front and rear bumpers. Ultrasonic sensors are used primarily for parking, as well as short-range detection. They\u2019re also tied into the automatic emergency braking system in some vehicles, although this doesn\u2019t appear to be the case even in newer Teslas with them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tesla says that it has no plans to disable the ultrasonic sensors in the current fleet of vehicles\u2014something it could technically do over the air.<\/p>\n

Tesla last year announced that it would drop radar sensors<\/a> from all its vehicles, a move that at least temporarily caused the automaker to lose some safety accolades. The company has, for years, successfully resisted the inclusion of the lidar sensing that other companies\u2014and some safety officials\u2014see as essential for future self-driven vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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2022 Tesla Model 3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

That shift away from radar corresponded, at least according to some sources, with a sharp rise in complaints to the National Highway Traffic Administration over automatic-braking behavior\u2014and instances referred to as \u201cphantom braking.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Tesla will reportedly save money both on the sensors and the use of corresponding chips. CEO Elon Musk has claimed that signal\/noise from the sensors actually detracts from the performance of its camera systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the incremental improvements already achieved with Tesla Vision, and our roadmap of future Autopilot improvements and abilities, we are confident that this is the best strategy for the future of Autopilot and the safety of our customers,\u201d the company summed in a support page<\/a> on the change.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company says that it will roll the deletion out to other Model 3 and Model Y versions globally, followed by Model S and Model X in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tesla confirmed that as of October 2022, all Model 3 and Model Y vehicles built for North America, as well as Europe, the Middle East, and Taiwan, no longer include ultrasonic sensors.\u00a0 For a range of driver assistance features, including Autopilot, Enhanced Autopilot, and what Tesla considers Full Self Driving\u2014plus other active-safety features\u2014the electric vehicles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}