article thumbnail

Tesla Model Y without radar gets the ultimate Forward Collision and Auto-Braking stress test

Teslarati

In an attempt to transition to a camera-based approach for its cars, a plan that Tesla set out many months ago , the automaker chose its two mass-market vehicles as the guinea pigs to accumulate data for future use. As a result, Tesla launched Software Update 2021.4.18.1 , improving the performance of Autopilot for Vision-based automobiles.

Auto 145
article thumbnail

GE study finds 5% of worlds natural gas production wasted per year by flaring

Green Car Congress

Gas flaring emits 400 million metric tons of CO 2 annually, the same as 77 million automobiles, without producing useful heat or electricity. Elsewhere in West Africa, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and Cameroon collectively waste about 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year.

Waste 260