Tesla Autopilot predicts an accident before it happens

Just over a second before this collision, the Tesla Model X from which this video frame was taken, sounded a forward collision warning & applied the brakes
Credit: Frank van Hoesel/Electrek

Recent versions of Tesla’s Autopilot are effectively able to see through the vehicle in front by bouncing radar underneath.

Now, a video has appeared, showing a Tesla Model X apparently recognising that the car ahead is about to rear-end the car in front of it, & applying the brakes, a little over a second before the collision.



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Second-by-second – these timings were correct for the first embedded video above – may not apply precisely to later ones

0:04-0:05 Autopilot Forward Collision Warning begins to sound just before the counter moves to “0:05”

0:05-0:06 red car begins to move to the right, revealing the black vehicle ahead for the first time

0:06-0:07 collision – at the 00:06 second mark or just after

Autopilot appears to provide over a second of warning prior to the collision. Plus apply the brakes, according to the Electrek article linked below.

Electrek
https://electrek.co/2016/12/27/tesla-autopilot-radar-technology-predict-accident-dashcam/

Engadget
https://www.engadget.com/2016/12/28/tesla-autopilot-predicts-crash/ / Tesla cars produced now have full self driving hardware Tesla Team self-driving vehicles play crucial role improving transportation safety accelerating world’s world transition sustainable future full autonomy enable Tesla substantially safer human driver lower financial cost transportation own car provide low-cost on-demand mobility low cost on demand mobility excited announce all Tesla vehicles produced factory Model 3 hardware needed full self-driving capability safety level substantially greater human driver eight surround cameras 360 degree visibility around car up to 250 meters range twelve updated ultrasonic sensors complement vision detection both hard soft objects nearly twice distance prior system forward-facing radar enhanced processing provides additional data about the world redundant wavelength seeing through heavy rain fog dust car ahead make sense data new onboard computer more than 40 times computing power previous generation new Tesla-developed Tesla developed neural net vision sonar radar processing software system view of the world driver alone cannot access seeing in every direction simultaneously wavelengths go far beyond the human senses eight surround cameras provide 360 degree visibility Autopilot Forward Collision Warning /