video – We got an inside look at the Tesla dealership in Rocklin. Tesla started developing Auto Pilot in 2014 and began including it in the Model S in the Fall of 2015.
Tesla Communications Representative, Alexis Georgeson showed us how it works.
“The hardware that was put into the cars at the time are these 12 ultrasonic sensors. They see 360 degrees in every direction around the car. A long range radar that sits in the front of the car and sees a few hundred feet in front of the vehicle, and then a forward facing camera reads the lines in the road and can see other cars and read road signs like speed signs.”
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