It’s incredibly subtle.”Unlike self-driving cars built by rivals Google and Uber — which have large, bulky cameras and sensor systems mounted on the roof — Tesla’s hardware will be integrated seamlessly into the body of the car, chief executive Elon Musk said. To make the system work, Tesla is equipping every new car with eight cameras to pull in visual data from around the car in 360 degrees. The company said this week that every new Tesla rolling off the factory floor will now come with the hardware necessary to support full autonomous driving mode. Autopilot will continue to exist side-by-side with Tesla’s self-driving software. The latter will likely come under regulatory analysis after highway safety officials last month published a set of new federal guidelines for self-driving cars.

Source: thestar October 20, 2016 20:03 UTC