Tesla has been preparing an upgrade to its Autopilot/self-driving hardware for some time now, and it appears that the automaker is finally ready to roll out the new Hardware 4.0 suite of cameras. Recently, a couple of Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles have been spotted with the new hardware, giving us a glimpse of what the new system will look like.
The new hardware includes a new radar, updated cameras, and a new self-driving computer to merge all the sensors into a more powerful computing platform. The Kilowatts on Twitter went to the Fremont Factory to take a look at the new hardware, and he found some Model S and Model X vehicles with the new cameras. He also spotted updated badging on the rear-end of the vehicles.
The new cameras appear to be slightly bigger than the old ones, and the front-facing camera enclosure has changed quite a bit. It is now expected to have only two cameras rather than three. The Kilowatts couldn’t find any camera in the headlights or bumpers, which is expected to be part of the new hardware suite.
It’s not clear when Tesla plans to make the new HW4 official, but the timing of the March 1 Investor Day makes it a likely contender for an official announcement. We could know a lot more about it in just a week. In the meantime, we can get a glimpse of what the new hardware looks like thanks to the Kilowatts’s pictures.
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