Tesla is all-eyes as it drops more sensors from semi-autonomous systems

Tesla's are becoming less like bats every day. The automaker has announced that it has started to remove the ultrasonic systems its current vehicles use for their electronic driver aid systems, including Autopilot and Full Self-Driving, which will transition to a solely camera-based system. Tesla began removing radar from its vehicles last year and the Model 3 and Model Y will be the first to lose the ultrasonic sensors, followed by the Model S and Model X next year. A "vision-based occupancy network" will draw information from eight cameras installed on the vehicles. Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems originally relied on an array of radars, ultrasonic sensors and cameras.