Tesla's Self-Driving Software Gets a Major Update

The Autopilot software built into Tesla's electric cars already offers a glimpse of the future, with what feels like autonomous driving on the freeway. Today the company announced a suite of upgrades to the system, to be pushed over-the-air to existing cars over the next couple of weeks. "This is quite a massive enhancement," said Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, at a press confernce. "I wish we could have done it earlier." Chief among the improvements in Autopilot Version 8.0 is increased reliance on the radar system in the company's Model S and Model X.