On October 21, Musk announced a big news on Twitter. Tesla’s fully autonomous driving test version beta has been officially updated. The updated test version will first push a small batch of test versions for supply. After testing, the beta version will be gradually opened in the future. Musk said that in the latest version of the system, Tesla's autopilot FSD software has been revolutionaryly rewritten, making it possible to complete 90% of non-intervention driving.
According to Musk’s description, in the latest test version, Tesla vehicles with optional FSD autonomous driving can navigate in and out of highways without any driver intervention, and also allow the driver to Summon their vehicle in a private parking lot and navigate to a designated location; autonomously recognize and operate stop signs and traffic lights; and even fully autonomous driving on city streets.
This time, the arrogant Musk used it for the first time: We will be very cautious, as he should be. You must know that this sentence is completely contrary to Musk's brave and adventurous character. It is understood that the first batch of FSD test versions will first be pushed to "limited to a small number of professional and cautious driving people." But so far, many media and individual car owners have received update prompts for the test version.
In fact, as early as August this year, Musk promised in public that this FSD update would be a qualitative leap, because this is a basic architecture rewrite, not a progressive one. Code adjustments and reprogrammed new systems can expand Tesla's vehicle autonomous driving capabilities from 2D to 4D, which not only means that the vehicle can not only perceive the three-dimensional world around it, but also predict other environmental factors such as position, direction, and speed. and make your own judgment.
Although the official content of this FSD beta version has not been announced so far, it can be seen from the road test videos of many media that the new version of FSD autonomous driving has designed a new UI model, which can Let the UI of the vehicle handle the light and shadow of the vehicle body differently under different lighting environments during the day and night. The vehicle status area on the left side that originally occupied one-third was pushed to nearly one-half, and the proportion occupied by the vehicle model It has also been promoted from the previous bottom to the center position. Vehicle control can be completed by clicking directly on the car body, such as the rear tailgate, front trunk, etc., and the wiper has been placed in the first-level menu on the desktop.
As can be seen from the official video, 90% of the routes taken by beta users from home to restaurants use FSD automatic driving, including automatic processing of roundabout routes, active avoidance of straight vehicles, Quickly change lanes on city roads, perform 90° turns at intersections, drive on unmarked roads and identify vehicles on both sides, identify hellishly difficult ice cream cones, and the new version of automatic parking. He can even identify a vehicle on the side of the road. Grass...
Recognize a ball of grass
Recognize unmarked road surface
After several days of road testing, Musk Announced that the new FSD? beta version will be updated every five days. By the way, he also complained about the simulation tests in recent days, saying that if you don’t do tests, you will definitely overestimate your results. Therefore, for safety reasons, it is best for car owners to Keep your hands on the wheel to monitor the road and be ready to take over.
The most difficult thing for Tesla to imitate is the powerful learning ability of the FSD chip. A Tesla patent shows that fully autonomous driving technology is a machine used to generate highly accurate machine learning results. Learning training technology, he can create a database using data captured by sensors on the vehicle. By capturing lane lines, lanes, traffic conditions, obstacles, traffic signs, etc., combined with vehicle operating data captured by odometers and other similar sensors, the captured The data set is transferred to the training server to create a training data set that is used to train the machine to become familiar with the model, resulting in highly accurate machine learning results.
Through testing, it was found that after getting familiar with the road section, the machine will indeed gradually improve its driving ability through learning. Such progress allows the machine to drive like a human, and the driving style becomes more anthropomorphic. From this point of view, Tesla's FSD automatic driving is still at the leading level in the industry, but there are things he doesn't understand about such a powerful system, and that is reversing into the warehouse. Even a Tesla equipped with FSD will automatically Parking results have always been unsatisfactory and can even be described as being at the bottom of the industry.
So far, Tesla has stated that they originally expected to produce and deliver 500,000 electric vehicles in 2020. Now the Fremont, California, factory has increased its Model 3 and Y production capacity to 500,000 vehicles per year, and is expected to reach full production by the end of 2020 or early 2021: The factory in Shanghai, China, will increase its production capacity to 250,000 vehicles, It is now operating in three shifts; construction is underway at the Berlin, Germany, factory, and equipment should begin to be in place "in the coming weeks" with production expected to begin next year.
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