October 16, 2018—Elon Musk says a new chip that improves autopilot features would be available within six months, reported Reuters.
In a series of tweets, Musk said ..."~6 months before it is in all new production cars. No change to sensors. This is simple replacement of the Autopilot computer. Will be done free of charge for those who ordered full self-driving."
According to the report, the new chip would improve the performance of Tesla's Autopilot between 500 percent and 2000 percent.
