Tesla secretly develops automatic driving software using Tesla car data that actually travels

Tesla Motors' Electric Vehicle (EV) has a "half" automatic operation mode "Auto pilot mode"Is carried. Tesla aims to realize automatic driving technology by continuing to improve software but it became clear that we are utilizing the data of Tesla vehicles actually traveling on the roads around the world It was. In the development of automatic driving cars, Tesla is trying to dominate in the competition of automatic driving car development with data overwhelming major car makers as weapons.

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According to Mr. Sterling Anderson of Tesla's Autopilot Development Director, information from cameras, radars, and sensors installed in each Tesla car for information on MIT Technology Review is gathered online and sent to an automated driving car It has been clarified that it is utilized for technology development.


Tesla's EV represented by model S,OTAYou can update the software by not only improving existing software but also adding new functions via the Internet. For this reason, Tesla cars that are improved one after another even after purchase are compared to "running smart phones".

In order to realize online software updates, Tesla has been adopting attempts not yet adopted by major car makers who constantly connect EV to the Internet at an early stage. Mr. Anderson says that this constant Internet connection has greatly contributed not only to software updates but also to software development.


According to Anderson, from 18 months ago, by analyzing information such as a sensor that senses the surrounding situation mounted on the Tesla car, an ultrasonic sensor, a front camera, a radar unit, etc., actually EV on the road It is said that it collects big data on whether it is running so that it can be used for development of automatic driving software.

Mr. Anderson said that he is getting 780 million miles (about 1,260 million kilometers) of running data already from Tesla vehicles scattered around the world, "said Tesla." Tesla is running a test of hundreds of miles every 10 hours "We are getting" worth "equivalent to that," we are acquiring "real" running data that overwhelms other manufacturers in the development of automatic driving technology.


Prior to competing in automatic driving car development as a technology companyGoogle is developing automatic driving technology in driving tests in virtual spaceIt is known to be. To Google, which collects data in the virtual world, Tesla, which advances the development of automatic driving technology as a technology company, uses data on actual driving.

In the development of automatic driving technology, there seems to be one day chief for high-tech enterprises such as Tesla and Google, but other major automobile manufacturers who do not have "high-tech infrastructure" Is it interesting to fight?