Tesla Cars Will Soon Talk to Pedestrians, Elon Musk Teases

"Teslas will soon talk to people if you want. This is real," said Musk.

By Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: 13 January 2020 15:09 IST

Tesla Cars Will Soon Talk to Pedestrians, Elon Musk Teases

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Musk said the conversation feature will make its way to Tesla cars soon

Highlights

It is unclear if Tesla cars will use AI to interact with pedestrians
The conversational might also turn out to be a mere audio player
Conversation feature is tipped to help cab drivers get more customers

Tesla cars will soon be talking to pedestrians, asking them to hop in or leave the way on congested roads, CEO Elon Musk has hinted.

Sharing a video via Twitter where a Tesla car can be seen talking to pedestrians, Musk said the feature may make its way to the electric cars soon.

"Teslas will soon talk to people if you want. This is real," said Musk, showing a brief video clip of a Model 3 driving past people, saying: "Well, don't just stand there. Hop in!"

It is unclear if the feature will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to interact with pedestrians or if it's purely an audio player, TechRadar reported on Sunday.

It is possible that Tesla owners driving for ride-sharing services like Uber and Ola could use the feature to gain more customers.

Musk recently confirmed that the popular Disney+ service will soon be available in ‘Tesla Theater' in a future firmware update.

‘Tesla Theater' was included in the company's Version 10 Update that was released in mid-September last year.

Tesla had also started rolling out holiday updates, including a "full self-driving sneak preview", Musk teased last week.

The holiday update included long-awaited features like reading text messages aloud via Tesla's built-in voice commands and a ‘Camp Mode'.

The ‘Camp Mode' will allow customers who want to use vehicles for camping to maintain airflow, temperature, interior lighting, as well as play music and power devices.

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