On Wednesday, Tesla announced that it is dropping yet another set of sensors from its electric vehicles. The latest casualty? Ultrasonic sensors, usually found embedded in the bumpers, that allow for ...

Advocating radar technology as the better ultrasonic, Vega demonstrates how its radar sensors outperform under a variety of temperature, gas, pressure, and environmental conditions. Vega’s Greg ...

It’s been more than 25 years since Mercedes-Benz started equipping some of its top of the line models with radar sensors to enable adaptive cruise control (ACC). Today, having at least three exterior ...

Although ultrasonic sensors have been around for several decades, their popularity in sensing applications continues due to their capability, flexibility and relatively low cost. Products like ...

Love or hate Elon Musk, there’s no denying that Tesla’s vehicles are impressive from a technical standpoint. Their electric drivetrains offer more range and power than almost anything else on sale ...

What just happened? Tesla has announced it is phasing out ultrasonic sensors from its vehicles as part of the switch to Tesla Vision, its camera-based Autopilot system. The move means the ...

Tesla loves streamlining things but sometimes makes decisions that are certain to affect owners without offering a backup solution. While dropping ultrasonic sensors, Tesla said Vision would provide ...

A team of UBC Okanagan researchers is investigating a new method to monitor underground gas pipelines with high-tech sensors that can make it easier to find weaknesses, discrepancies and even a ...

A salvaged Tesla Model 3 could detect distances even after the front bumper containing the ultrasonic sensors was taken off. This finding is surprising considering that the car was running the 2022.28 ...

No matter what car you drive, it's still not smart enough to get you from point A to point B all on its own. Arguably, Tesla is closer to letting you safely nap behind the wheel than any other ...