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- Cybertruck patent applications show off UI, solar bed cover, ‘armor glass’
- Tesla starts using in-car camera for Autopilot driver monitoring
- Instacart adds faster ‘Priority Delivery’ which is sure to cause headaches for delivery workers
| Cybertruck patent applications show off UI, solar bed cover, ‘armor glass’ Posted: 28 May 2021 09:49 AM PDT  New patent applications submitted by Tesla in 2020 but published Thursday have revealed a bit more information about the Cybertruck, which is currently slated to start shipping at the very end of this year or in early 2022. One includes (in rather grainy detail) a bunch of screenshots of the new UI Tesla has been working on. Another details how the company plans to integrate solar panel tech onto the retracting tonneau cover for the truck bed — something CEO Elon Musk said might be an option. And there even appears to be an application for what could be Tesla's so-called "armor glass," which memorably failed during an onstage demo in 2019. We've seen glimpses of Tesla's new user interface before, at the Cybertruck reveal event and when...  |
| Tesla starts using in-car camera for Autopilot driver monitoring Posted: 27 May 2021 04:09 PM PDT  Tesla is starting to use the camera above the rear-view mirror in the Model 3 and Model Y to help make sure people pay attention to the road while using Autopilot, the company's advanced driver assistance system. Until now, the main way Tesla's cars measure driver attention is through torque sensors in the steering wheel that look for resistance — a crude way of ensuring drivers keep their hands on the wheel. If it doesn't register enough feedback, the car performs a series of escalating visual and audible warnings. The change comes after regulators and safety experts spent years begging Tesla to add better driver monitoring to its cars. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has even admitted that crashes involving Autopilot stem from complacency. But...  |
| Instacart adds faster ‘Priority Delivery’ which is sure to cause headaches for delivery workers Posted: 27 May 2021 12:04 PM PDT  In the crowded food- and grocery-delivery space, Instacart is hoping that shaving off a few minutes makes all the difference. To that end, it's creating a new "priority delivery" option that debuts today in select markets and promises to have orders fulfilled in "as fast as 30 minutes." While 45- and 60-minute deliveries are already available to many Instacart customers, "priority delivery" is, according to the company, debuting in more than 15 cities (though it only names six: Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle). It's intended use case is for quick errands, rather than the bulk, groceries-for-the-week function Instacart tends to thrive on. With that in mind, even in participating stores, the 30-minute...  |
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