Tesla has announced that it will transition the Model S sedan and Model X SUVto Pure Vision, officially committing to a camera-based approach for its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving suites.

In May 2021, Tesla announced that all Model 3 and Model Y vehicles delivered from that month on would no longer equip radar. Instead, the vehicles would utilize Tesla’s "Pure Vision" approach, which only uses its eight external cameras to perform semi-autonomous driving functions.

"Starting with deliveries in May 2021, Model 3 and Model Y vehicles built for the North American market will be optimized for Tesla Vision and will not be equipped with radar. If you ordered a car before May and will receive a car that is not equipped with radar, you will be notified of the change in your Tesla Account prior to delivery," the automaker said in a blog post last year.

Tesla officially announced on its "Transitioning to Tesla Vision" webpage last night that all Model S and Model X vehicles built from mid-February on would only equip Pure Vision, and no longer would utilize any radar to perform its functionalities. "As of mid-February 2022, all Model S and Model X built for the North American market utilize Tesla Vision. All Model S and Model X built for the North American market prior are equipped with radar," Tesla said.

"When your vision works, it works better than the best human because it’s like having eight cameras, it’s like having eyes in the back of your head, beside your head, and has three eyes of different focal distances looking forward. This is, and processing it at a speed that is superhuman. There’s no question in my mind that with a pure vision solution, we can make a car that is dramatically safer than the average person," Musk said.

Source: Re-posted and Summarized from Joey Klender at teslarati.

My Take: This move worries me a bit. I assume Elon know a lot more about it than I do.

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Tesla has announced that it will transition the Model S sedan and Model X SUVto Pure Vision, officially committing to a camera-based approach for its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving suites.

In May 2021, Tesla announced that all Model 3 and Model Y vehicles delivered from that month on would no longer equip radar. Instead, the vehicles would utilize Tesla’s "Pure Vision" approach, which only uses its eight external cameras to perform semi-autonomous driving functions.

"Starting with deliveries in May 2021, Model 3 and Model Y vehicles built for the North American market will be optimized for Tesla Vision and will not be equipped with radar. If you ordered a car before May and will receive a car that is not equipped with radar, you will be notified of the change in your Tesla Account prior to delivery," the automaker said in a blog post last year.

Tesla officially announced on its "Transitioning to Tesla Vision" webpage last night that all Model S and Model X vehicles built from mid-February on would only equip Pure Vision, and no longer would utilize any radar to perform its functionalities. "As of mid-February 2022, all Model S and Model X built for the North American market utilize Tesla Vision. All Model S and Model X built for the North American market prior are equipped with radar," Tesla said.

"When your vision works, it works better than the best human because it’s like having eight cameras, it’s like having eyes in the back of your head, beside your head, and has three eyes of different focal distances looking forward. This is, and processing it at a speed that is superhuman. There’s no question in my mind that with a pure vision solution, we can make a car that is dramatically safer than the average person," Musk said.

Source: Re-posted and Summarized from Joey Klender at teslarati.

My Take: This move worries me a bit. I assume Elon know a lot more about it than I do.

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