Tesla is doing away with radar technology in certain U.S.-built vehicles (Model 3 and Model Y), according to CarAdvice. “When radar and vision disagree, which one do you believe? Vision has much more precision, so better to double down on vision than do sensor fusion,” said Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a tweet. Also, Autopilot features for U.S.-build vehicles may now operate though an integrated camera system known as Tesla Vision. (Source: Car Advice) Read the original article.
Todd Phillips is the editorial director of Universus Media Group Inc. and the editor of Canadian auto dealer magazine. Todd can be reached at tphillips@universusmedia.com.
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