Tesla's street visualization screen now displays traffic cones

Behold, the orange traffic cone.

A quick, new Tesla software update included "driving visualization improvements." That means the screen in Tesla's all-electric cars – Models S, X, and 3 – which shows the road and the surrounding vehicles and lanes is adding more detail. Specifically: traffic cones.

Cars, pedestrians, trucks, and even motorcyclists are depicted as icons that signify each of those things, and now traffic cones will come up as orange cones on the screen as well. Previously, cones were considered generic obstacles that would trigger the warning system about something being in the way, but nothing specific was shown on the driving screen. Read more...