Tesla chief Musk actually confirmed plans for the pothole detection/avoidance system all the way back in 2019 for the autopilot kit. The release notes don’t say whether Tesla Adaptive Suspension is exclusive to Autopilot or the Full Self-Driving system. However, the name makes it abundantly clear that the new feature will be exclusive to Tesla cars fitted with the Adaptive Suspension kit. Notably, Tesla has a history of suspension-related issues on its vehicles.
In October 2020, Tesla was ordered to recall approximately 50,000 cars in China citing potentially dangerous issues with the suspension system on Model S and X units made between 2013 and 2017 at its Fremont facility in California. Back then, Tesla ruled out any suspension defects and instead blamed it on “driver abuse.” Either way, the new feature is a step in the right direction for Tesla’s FSD ambitions. Avoiding potholes is one chore that forces the person behind the wheel to take control when the driver-assist system is enabled — and by the looks of it, the cars are closer than ever to eliminating that burden.
Interestingly, Google was awarded a patent for similar tech all the way back in 2015, detailing a system that would use the in-car GPS to record the location of potholes and accordingly save the information to the cloud. Of course, Google’s self-driving ambitions with the Waymo division are well-known, so the patent doesn’t come as a surprise at all.
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