Park Assist, Autopark, Summon as well as Smart Summon are disabled on Model 3 EVs. Model 3, Model Y Electric Vehicles.
Tesla announced announced(Opens in an entirely fresh window) the removal of ultrasonic sensors (USS) will be eliminated from the electric cars of Tesla with the knock-on effect that the removal of certain Autopilot capabilities will disabled temporarily.
The year before, Tesla removed the radar from the Model 3 and Model Y and replaced it with an all-cameras computer vision system that is built using the Nvidia CUDA computer platform known as Tesla Vision. Tesla Vision is a parallel computing platform that was developed by Nvidia. Model S and Model X switched into Tesla Vision this year.
In what Tesla calls “the next step of Tesla Vision,” USS will no longer be a part on Model 3 and Model 3 and Model Y moving off the factories in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Taiwan. It is expected that the Model S and Model X will no longer use them in the coming year. All of the models depended on the 12 USS situated on the rear and front bumpers.
The issue that this causes the short-term issue for Tesla is that certain Autopilot features won’t be offered in the new Model 3 and Model Y electric vehicles. Particularly the park Assist, Autopark, Summon Smart Summon, and Park Assist will be disabled. Smart Summon will be disabled for a short time, but only temporarily.
Tesla states, “In the near future when these features reach the same level of performance as today’s cars they will be restored through several over-the-air update to the software.” Therefore, it’s just a matter patiently waiting for new owners and hoping that performance parity is reached quickly. Tesla is also pointing out that the absence of USS does not affect crash safety ratings.
As well as removing the sensors, Tesla introduced its vision-based occupancy system that is used to control the Full-Self-Driving Beta. The goal of the network is be able to “replace the inputs provided from USS,” and allows Autopilot to benefit from “high-definition space-based positioning and greater range of vision, and the ability to distinguish among objects.” Tesla believes that the network’s performance to be improved rapidly.
