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Destination Prediction in Tesla Cars

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk 

          The CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk (in photo to the right), said in a brief that Telsa's won't need to be told where to go for the destination. Musk stated that the self driving cars will be able to predict where the driver wishes to go. The hope is that this feature will be a part of the improved autopilot system which is promised to be released in 2018. 

          On October 20th, James Harvey tweeted to Tesla to suggest that Musk should design cars that will ask the destination desired once the driver gets in the car. In response to this suggestion, Musk replied saying that the future plans for the newer models will be able to predict the destination without a word being said by the driver. 

Tesla Model X with Autopilot system 

          In 2014, Tesla cars were the first to ever stablish an auto pilot system. This was deployed in their Model X (in the photo above). Since then, their design has proven to even save lives. Many governments are using driverless cars to understand more about navigating safely. These cars are constantly getting software updates and firmware updates to enhance the already wonderful features and bring more buisness. The boom in business makes Musk very confident in the progression of his cars of the future. 

SAE Internation Standard of Automated Driving Levels

          Even though the technology used in these cars are considered to be so advanced,  the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) do not consider the Tesla technology to be classified as Level 5 autonomy, which is considered full automation of the vehicle. This is defined as "the full-time performance by an automated driving system of all aspects of the dynamic driving task under all roadway and environmental conditions that can be managed by a human driver" (SAE International Standard). However, their newest model expected to be released before the end of  2017 should have to updates of new software and autopilot hardware to meet the criteria of Level 5 autonomy. 

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Here is a interesting video of the Tesla Autopilot being tested 😱😱😱