On the New Year's Day holiday in China, the US auto-driving market has made the latest progress. Tesla is pushing the 8.1 version of the system update to a small number of new Tesla cars. The 8.1 version of the system update includes an upgrade to the Autopilot auto-assisted driving function. This week will expand to more cars. Ford also released its own new generation of self-driving cars. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk announced last weekend that it is pushing a 8.1 version of the system update to a small number of new Tesla cars, which will be expanded to more cars this week. The 8.1 system update includes an upgrade to the Autopilot Auto Assist Drive feature. Since last October, Tesla has come standard with the HW2 hardware kit for the new car, which includes more cameras, ultrasonic sensors, radar and a more powerful on-board computer. Tesla's system update is geared to these new models. However, the new model was initially not equipped with some of the Autopilot features that are popular with existing Tesla users, including automatic emergency braking and Lane Assist. Tesla said in October that the new system needed more validation before these features were activated. The 8.1 system update will activate these missing Autopilot features for the new car. However, the news said that some features will be limited. For example, the automatic steering function is only available when the car is driving slowly on a clearly marked road. The 8.1 version of the system update will not include the fully automatic driving function, which is the function that Tesla's new generation of cars will achieve. It is unclear when Tesla will push this feature to the owners, but Musk has predicted that Tesla will be fully automated from the East Coast to the West Coast by the end of 2017. Hybrid + Autopilot, the focus is on changing the sensor solution The new generation of autonomous autonomous vehicles released by Ford is based on the Fusion hybrid. If you are not familiar enough with Ford's name in the US market, you may know what kind of car it is by changing its name. In Europe and China, the name of Ford is called Mondeo. In terms of appearance, the hybrid version of Fusion, which is capable of real-time driving, is almost the same as the models currently on the market. Ford has also been using Fusion as the main vehicle for its own unmanned vehicle experiments. The biggest difference between the new Ford autonomous driving model and the previously announced Ford driverless model is the use of the Velodyne lidar sensor. In mid-August this year, Ford announced an investment in laser radar manufacturer Velodyne, the main purpose of which is to reduce the price of the Velodyne laser radar necessary for its own driverless cars. From the published information, it can be found that Ford's self-driving cars used four laser radars on the top of the vehicle to monitor the environment around the vehicle. The new generation of self-driving cars, the location and number of laser radars announced this time. Adjustments were made. Easy Electronic Technology Co.,Ltd , https://www.yxpcelectronicgroups.com
