Tesla is using its cars to formulate maps of every of the world's roads

at 23 October 2015

With the start on of its extended-expected Autopilot feature, also exposed that it is working on putting jointly maps of all the world that are improved than your usual GPS - all to obtain prepared for a prospect of self-driving cars.

During the launch of Autopilot, Elon Musk said he believes Tesla's completely independent car is three years away, according to Mashable. In order to arrange for self-driving car tech, Tesla is using data, including GPS mapping data, composed from Tesla Model S cars that are on the road right currently to develop its maps.

And Musk considers its maps will be improved than mainly other GPS maps as the information collected can be without problems shared through the cloud between each of Tesla's connected car in what Musks describes "fleet learning network." He said that this was significant as, still if there are no lanes marked on a highway, a self-driving car will still be capable to recognize and journey securely based on what it has learnt from other Tesla drivers.