Autonomous Vehicle News
To ensure that drivers of autonomous vehicles are in their seat and watching the road, EV company Tesla Motors has reportedly activated a facial recognition feature in its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. According to a recent report from FOX News, the two models of the popular company have had biometric capable cameras near their rearview mirrors since they began production in 2017 and 2019, respectively. In April of 2019, company founder Elon Musk responded to a Twitter comment about the cameras saying it was to monitor for potential vandalism. “It’s there for when we start competing with Uber/Lyft & people allow their car to earn money for them as part of the Tesla shared autonomy fleet,” Musk wrote. While Tesla’s vehicles feature both Autopilot and Full Self-Driving modes, they require the driver to keep at least one hand on the wheel at all times.