Forget Phantom Braking, Some TikTokers Think Their Teslas Can See Ghosts | Carscoops carscoops
“Tesla has opted to rely solely on cameras for doing their driver assist features. Cameras are passive sensors,” he said. “They’re capturing light that’s being reflected off of other objects from unknown sources. Which means that they don’t really know where an object is in physical space.”use inference to guess at where and what an object is.
We have reached out to Tesla for more information about this phenomenon, but so far the automaker has ghosted us . Indeed, that same challenge of inferring what surrounds it may be what’s behind another spectral phenomenon:. Since removing the radar and other sensors from its cars, which help provide more information to the central computers in order to help perceive the world around them, reports of Teslas braking for no apparent reason on the highway have exploded.
Unfortunately, while the ghostly apparitions in these videos appear to be mostly harmless, phantom braking can have serious consequences. Not only is it unsettling and uncomfortable to be subjected to an emergency stop unexpectedly, it can also lead to a vehicle being rear ended, which could lead to injuries.
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