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Tesla Model S Software Updates Lets Car Park Itself With No One Inside It (bgr.com)

Posted by timothy on from the bwa-ha-ha dept.

An anonymous reader writes with a link to this article at Boy Genius Report about a software upgrade now hitting Tesla owners, which begins: Tesla earlier today began pushing out version 7.1 of its software to Model S and Model X owners and, suffice it to say, it's a doozy of a software update. While we'll get to the full changelog shortly, we first wanted to highlight a feature called Summon which enables users to park their cars without having to be inside it. Conversely, it also lets Tesla owners summon their cars that already happen to be parked.

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  1. Beta by 110010001000 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The feature is in Beta. Thats what I want: Beta software in my car. Here is a link to the release notes: http://www.teslamotorsclub.com...

  2. It has begun! by penguinoid · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I wonder who'll get in trouble when the car has an accident while auto-parking?

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    1. Re: It has begun! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

      The trend with autonomous vehicles is the manufacturer is culpable for anything that happens when the vehicle is in autopilot mode. The question in my mind is: does this mean the vehicle will auto-switch back to manual control when collisions are imminent? They shouldn't, but does a manufacturer have the balls to try to get away with such a stunt?

      A lesser version of this is refusing to switch to automatic when conditions are unfavorable, or a drunk driver trying to switch to autopilot right before crashing in to a playground, etc.

  3. Re:Text has error in it... by zwede · · Score: 5, Informative

    If the update text has errors in it ( i.e. frunk instead of trunk, ref: http://www.teslamotorsclub.com... ), I hope the feature itself was better QA'd.....

    That's not a typo. "Frunk" is Tesla's term for the front trunk.

  4. That's not really "parking" by hawguy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The video shows the car moving up to 39 feet in a straight line to get out of a tight garage. That's not really "parking". A "real" autopark would be if I could get out of the car at the door to my office, then send the car to go park itself in the lot.

  5. In Seattle .... by PPH · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... we could just get out of our cars and have them drive endlessly around the block looking for a parking space.

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  6. Re: Automated car theft by qbast · · Score: 3, Funny

    New form of 'war driving': some unremarkable car drives slowly down the street and suddenly all Teslas parked nearby wake up and drive off somewhere.