Tesla's Elon Musk says new Autopilot likely would have prevented death

Tesla boss Elon Musk has said an update to the company's Autopilot self-driving feature could have prevented the death of a man in one of its cars earlier this year. The company has made'major improvements' to the autonomous technology so that it relies upon radar to help it detect other vehicles and obstacles around it. It has also introduced new restrictions on when the feature can be used and will issue audible warnings asking drivers to take back control of the car. Elon Musk (pictured) revealed details of the update to the Autopilot feature in his Tesla Motors cars, which is due to be released in a'couple of weeks'. He said the improvements to the radar could'very likely' have prevented a fatal crash involving a Tesla vehicle earlier this year Tesla claims there are dozens of refinements in its Version 8.0 of its Autopilot software. It will use advanced signal processing to create a better picture of the world using radar.