Is a real, honest goodness, Tesla self-driving is on the way?

May be.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, hinted that the electric car maker would soon take a step that could get the company's cars to be able to drive themselves. Musk, in response to a request for information regarding Tesla's hardware systems, said the company could offer its new chip Fully Self Driving – FSD – to upgrade more than 500,000 older Tesla by the end of the year. 'year.

"Most likely," Musk responded to a question about when the company would begin upgrading cars that currently incorporate HW2, a set of sensors, radars, and cameras that Tesla launched almost three years ago. years. with the implication that such cars would end up having complete and autonomous driving abilities.

Musk did not mention for the first time that autonomous driving features would be available by the end of 2019: in April, he made similar remarks during a presentation to investors. He also said that robotaxia would be deployed next year.

"All HW2 + cars can be converted into full self-driving capabilities with a Tesla FSD computer," Musk tweeted. "That's why it's possible for Tesla to achieve a million robotsaxis by the end of 2020 if we modernize the existing HW2 fleet by around 500,000 units and produce at least about 500,000 FSDs."

Tesla owners, who previously paid $ 6,000 for an additional set of so-called "self-driving" technologies, will be able to benefit from a free update of the FSD chip as soon as it is available.

Tesla currently offers drivers semi-autonomous driving function sets for their vehicles. The most common of these is autopilot, which is standard in the new Teslas and has features such as lane recognition and direction. The other set of Tesla, FSD, includes an active guidance system that allows you to steer a car from highway ramps and make lane changes.

However, neither Tesla nor any other car in the United States is yet able – or legally permitted – to drive fully autonomously on the country's highways.

The FSD chip is as much a pride as the technical innovation of Tesla. This is the first chip of this type designed entirely internally at Tesla, and Musk said its performance would be 21 times higher than that of the Nvidia chips it will replace. When Tesla unveiled the FSD chip in April, the company announced that it would include it in its new model vehicles 3, S models and X models.

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