Elon Musk gives Tesla drivers more cowbell with speed boost and automatic parking

Tesla's new Autopilot just got even smarter, faster, and even closer to realizing its self-driving potential. 

The carmaker's Autopilot system for HW2 enabled-vehicles is being released incrementally throughout the year via a series of over-the-air (OTA) software updates. The updates, which Tesla overlord CEO Elon Musk promised would drop every two to six weeks, started rolling out at the end of January. 

The latest update released today, 8.1, will give Tesla owners some new features to play with — and their cars even more autonomy with new upgrades to its lane control systems, Autosteer and Summon.   Read more...