Tesla is consistently enhancing the possession expertise because of its over-the-air software program updates. The EV maker will improve the navigation system with speed-camera and red-light-camera consciousness in an upcoming replace. Tesla may also convey options like “Keep away from development on route” and U-turn management within the Teslamaps app.
Earlier this yr, Tesla fanatic Inexperienced (@greentheonly) analyzed Tesla software program to see how Tesla autos plot a route and situation instructions within the nav app. Inexperienced found that Tesla does far more than merely use Google Maps information. As an alternative, the EV maker fetches the info from Google Maps and feeds it into its personal routing engine. Tesla combines highway and visitors information with information gathered by different Tesla EVs driving by the realm.
It additionally makes use of FSD and Autopilot information to boost navigation and vice versa, so FSD will drive higher in areas the place different Teslas have pushed earlier than. The navigation can be extra prone to advocate a route the place Autopilot and FSD have carried out nicely for different drivers. Nonetheless, Tesla house owners requested Tesla for the potential of reporting pace cameras or highway hazards, the identical manner Waze does. Tesla seems to be shifting in the precise route, judging by the most recent software program additions to its navigation system.
With the software program model 2023.38 launched in October, Tesla hinted at including the flexibility to ship highway stories routinely when the automobile’s cameras detect objects on the highway. A corresponding alert might be despatched to different Teslas driving within the space and, probably, to different highway customers if subscribed to an alert service that makes use of Tesla information. Nonetheless, Tesla is shortly increasing this visitors alert system with new options, as revealed by one other piece of Inexperienced’s work.
Tesla software program model 2023.27.12, which shipped with FSD Beta V11.4.8.1 on December 1, brings pace digicam alerts for each fastened and cell cameras. Tesla automobiles on this software program model also can alert drivers of crimson mild cameras, in addition to mixed (mild plus pace) cameras by way of Teslamaps. The identical software program model additionally comes with the choice to “keep away from development on route” and U-turn management.
The mere presence of those options does not imply they are going to be activated quickly. The excellent news is that these options will possible roll out to all Tesla autos sooner or later, together with outdoors of North America. It is also unclear whether or not the drivers will have the ability to report the pace traps themselves as they do on Waze. Another could be to make use of a database (proprietary or third-party) containing digicam places.
2023.27.12 (the brand new beta 11.4.8.1) brings us pace cam consciousness (each fastened and cell) and crimson mild cam and a mixture (mild+pace), by way of Teslamaps.
Plenty of navigation options are within the wings together with “keep away from constrution on route” and uturn management.
— inexperienced (@greentheonly) December 3, 2023
