Tesla software can now dodge a parked vehicle that suddenly opens the door

Tesla’s latest Full Self-Driving Beta 10.12 mode update has improved the Level 2 autonomous driving software in a few key ways.

specifically, can now quite accurately recognize the sudden opening of a vehicle doordodge and avoid collision.

There are already numerous recorded examples of drivers claiming that Teslas have gotten much better at detecting people opening car doors without waiting for a car to arrive.

As you can see in the following videos, the preview of the FSD Beta software that Tesla offers in its cars shows how the software immediately captures the surprise opening of a car door in its path, and makes it swerve smoothly to keep a safe distance from the open door frame.

Elon Musk has recorded that his fully autonomous driving does not need LiDAR. Tesla only has cameras for autonomous driving – the so-called Tesla Vision solution.

Tesla’s CEO believes that mastering autonomous driving is fundamental to the future of the electric car company and, consequently, its fleet of cars with FSD Beta software has already covered 56 million kilometers to date, as he mentioned in the last press conference. quarterly results.

That’s far more than any of its rivals and the fruits of all that work are evident in subtle but important details like reaction times to the sudden opening of the car’s doors.