Video shows Tesla’s new radar detect accident — and avoid it

Tesla’s spanking-new radar technology has apparently taken the safe-driving lesson to heart. And the evidence is startling: Check out the video of a developing accident on a Dutch roadway that was recently captured on the dashcam of a Tesla Model X. The camera captured it BEFORE the Tesla driver even knew it was coming. How? The Tesla’s Autopilot’s forward collision warning system was able to see the car in front of the car in front of the Tesla

In the video embedded here, we can hear the Tesla Autopilot’s Forward Collision Warning sending out an alert for seemingly no reason, but a fraction of a second later we understand why when the vehicle in front of the Tesla crashes into an SUV that wasn’t visible to the Tesla driver, but apparently was fto the Autopilot’s radar. Autopilot then started braking before the driver could apply the brakes himself.

One of the main features enabled by the new radar processing capacity is the ability for the system to see ahead of the car in front of you and basically track two cars ahead on the road. The radar is able to bounce underneath or around the vehicle in front of the Tesla Model S or X and see where the driver potentially cannot because the leading vehicle is obstructing the view.

read more:

http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/12/28/video-shows-teslas-new-radar-detect-accident-and-avoid-it/

http://www.sciencealert.com/watch-tesla-s-autopilot-predicts-a-crash-freakishly-early