Tesla Upgrades Automatic Emergency Braking to React to Perpendicular Dangers

Tesla has made improvements to automatic emergency braking

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Tesla has introduced notable upgrades to its Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) system in a recent FSD Beta update. Initially, FSD Beta 11.3, which only went out to Tesla employees, included a significant update to Tesla's automatic emergency braking.

However, when FSD Beta 11.3.1 was released to public testers, the release notes significantly differed from the employee version, leaving some uncertainty regarding the status of AEB enhancements.

Other features were removed from the release notes in FSD Beta 11.3.1, including Voice Drive Notes, which was clearly still available in the public beta. It's not clear whether the changes to the release notes was a mistake or if Tesla chosen to highlight changes between 11.3 and 11.3.1.

AEB Now Detects Vehicles Moving Across Tesla's Path

The company's impact report has recently confirmed that the improved AEB system was incorporated into the FSD Beta. The enhancements include detecting and responding to vehicles moving perpendicular to the Tesla. This advanced feature aims to reduce the likelihood of accidents occurring when other vehicles cross Tesla's path, such as running red lights or cutting the Tesla off.

This development represents a significant leap forward in AEB technology, as traditional systems mainly focus on detecting and reacting to objects and vehicles directly in front of the car. With the ability to detect crossing vehicles, Tesla's upgraded AEB system offers increased safety and assistance to drivers.

Release Notes

The release notes in Tesla FSD Beta update v11.3 say:

Expanded Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) to handle vehicles that cross ego's path. This includes cases where other vehicles run their red light or turn across ego's path, stealing the right-of-way. Replay of previous collisions of this type suggests that 49% of the events would be mitigated by the new behavior. This improvement is now active in both manual driving and autopilot operation.

Safety Improvements Tested Extensively with Fleet Miles

Tesla has rigorously tested and validated these AEB advancements by utilizing millions of fleet miles in shadow mode. The Tesla Vision system, which consists of eight cameras, allows Tesla vehicles to identify and react to oncoming vehicles well beyond the range of traditional sensors. In addition, the Automatic Emergency Braking system offers a loud warning and rapid braking when a Tesla vehicle senses an impending collision, and the driver has not intervened.

These AEB enhancements demonstrate Tesla's commitment to improving road safety and minimizing accident risks. In 2021, US pedestrian and road-user fatalities reached their highest levels, with a 53% increase since 2012 and over 75% of deaths at night. Tesla's Model S, Model 3, Model X, and Model Y have all received five-star ratings from Euro NCAP, including for nighttime pedestrian crash avoidance. Furthermore, the Model 3 and Model Y have earned a "Superior" rating from IIHS for the nighttime performance of their pedestrian AEB systems.

Improved AEB System Expected to Reach All Tesla Owners

The availability of the improved AEB for all Tesla owners remains uncertain, as FSD Beta is currently separate from other updates. However, considering Tesla's history of prioritizing safety features, it is likely that the upgraded Automatic Emergency Braking system will eventually be made accessible to all users. This move would further solidify Tesla's position as a manufacturer of some of the safest vehicles available today.

Moreover, Tesla's commitment to vehicle safety and continuous software updates demonstrates its dedication to its customers. As Tesla learns more about real-world driving scenarios and collects data from its fleet, it will continue refining and enhancing its driver assistance systems. The result is a safer and more reliable driving experience for Tesla owners and other road users.

Integrating the improved AEB system into Tesla's FSD Beta may pave the way for more advanced driver assistance features. In addition, by incorporating cutting-edge technology and prioritizing safety, Tesla sets a high standard for other automakers to follow in creating vehicles that protect their occupants and other road users.

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How to Create Your Own Custom Cybertruck Wrap for Visualizations

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One of the upcoming features of the 2024 Tesla Holiday Update is the ability for Tesla owners to make custom wraps for their vehicles. The wraps will be displayed in the vehicle’s visualizations and in the Tesla app. You’ll also be able to select one of the wraps Tesla has provided if you prefer not to make or download your own.

This feature will roll out to the Cybertruck next week with the Holiday update, but it will be available for other models in the future as well.

Making your own wrap is super easy and takes just a few minutes. It doesn’t even require any special tools or software because Tesla provided a template.

Making a Custom Wrap

We’ll walk you through the steps to create your custom wrap. All you’ll need is an image editing program and an image editing program.

Download the Template

Tesla has all the details on their Github repository for Custom Wraps, but you can simply download the template below and open it in your favorite image editor like Adobe Photoshop, GIMP or even Windows Paint on Windows 11. Any software that supports layers will work.

Image Editor

Open the template in your image editor and create a new layer on top of it. You’ll want to edit on this new layer, not on the template layer, which we’ll hide later.

The template, in all its glory.

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Create the Wrap

Go ahead and work your artistic magic—here, we’ve taken a graffiti rendition of Not A Tesla App and our logo and placed it within the template's bounds.

Flex those creative muscles!

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Hide the Template

Go ahead and hide the template layer - you can also delete the layer if you want. This standalone image doesn’t look like much, but this is what we need for the final step.

Looks a bit simple right?

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Export

You’ll want to export the image with transparency - so it needs to be a .png file. You'll be good to go as long as it's the same dimensions as the template. We’ve gone ahead and exported our custom NATA wrap here - feel free to download it and let us know how it looks once you get the 2024.44.25 update.

The completed product.

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A couple of technical limitations:

• The image must be 1024x768 pixels.

• File Size max is 1MB.

• You can’t use any special characters in the file name, and it must be shorter than 30 characters.

• PNG is the only acceptable file format

• You can load up to 10 images on your USB drive

Add Wrap to USB Drive

The last, and easiest step. Grab your USB drive, and create a folder called “Wraps” at the root level of the drive. Place your images in there, and you’re all set.

Load a Custom Wrap

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After placing the images on your USB drive and inserting it in your vehicle, you can then open Toybox > Paint Shop, and tap on Wrap. From there select your wrap from the custom list of images.

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Tesla Confirms Custom Wraps & License Plate Visualization Coming to Other Models

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Tesla’s upcoming Holiday update introduces exciting new personalization features, giving you even more ways to customize your vehicle.

Building on the existing Colorizer feature, which lets you change the car’s color, the update will allow you to add a custom wrap and a license plate to the vehicle’s visualization. Both of these features will affect the vehicle's visualization on the screen and in the Tesla app.

While these features were originally announced to be exclusive to the Cybertruck, Tesla has now clarified and said that they will be available for other models in a future update. We expect them to be introduced for the Model 3 (new and old), Model Y, and the redesigned Model S and Model X.

Wrap & license plate customization coming to other models in future updates

— Cybertruck (@cybertruck) December 3, 2024

Custom Wrap Visualization

Tesla announced custom wrap visualizations as part of the 2024 Holiday update for the Cybertruck. They’ve provided a template and instructions on how to design your own custom wrap and also included a few in-house designs, including the “unhinged” Doge wrap, the Cybertruck Graffiti wraps from the Baja Off-Road testing, and the Release Candidate wraps, amongst plenty of other simple ones. In all, it looks like Tesla will be providing 27 designs.

However, making your own wrap is actually very simple, and we’ll be providing instructions on how to create your own. Once these arrive for other vehicles, the instructions will likely be the same.

License Plate Visualization

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You’ll also be able to create custom license plates to show on your vehicle visualization. You’ll be able to choose custom text, and then also include a background - with plain colors, a stock image, or upload your own image.

If you have custom plates in real life, this is your chance to make your visualization perfectly match your vehicle.

Release for Other Models

Tesla hasn’t provided a timeline but said the feature would arrive in “future updates” in their post on X. It seems that it won’t be arriving with the upcoming Holiday update for all vehicles but will instead make its way to the S3XY lineup over the next few months.

We expect it to arrive sometime in early 2025. We’re super excited to see these come to more vehicles, so in the meantime, show us your best custom Cybertruck wrap on social media or our forums.

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