Tesla self-driving car latest news and updates: new demo explains how self-driving cars see the road

Even nowadays, self-driving cars are still generally considered completely foreign devices. Although many car companies, even search engine giant Google, had been testing and developing self-driving cars since a few years ago, such car models are still not manufactured on a mass-produced basis.

The market, on the other hand, is still unsure, especially that almost everyone still doesn't know how it works, and if whether or not such technology is perfectly safe especially when confronted with real-life sticky situations such as heavy traffic and near-collision moments.

Tesla, however, unveiled how their new self-driving cars do what they do, they explained this by letting customers see what their Tesla self-driving cars could actually see on the road.

The demonstration was tweeted by CEO Elon Musk, who showed a video with a passenger who is sitting on the driver's seat but is hands-off with the driving process.

Separate camera footages actually let the passenger view what the Tesla self-driving car is seeing in the streets, and a highlight of colors are focused on objects that the car is seeing and would decide to later avoid, stop or pass on. These includes road signs, traffic stops and natural objects such as trees, and of course, vehicles that are also on the road.

Tesla's self-driving cars process their activity through what they see on the camera, thus they can see when a stoplight indicates go or not, or if a certain object is near them and should be avoided. The car also makes sure that the other cars get plenty of space between itself.

Tesla reveals that this is still just a test drive, and that they are continuing to develop their self-driving technology before they decide to incorporate it into their consumer car models. They also announced that its future cars will be equipped with a self-driving feature.

Apparently, there is still a long way to go for Tesla to perfectly mold its self-driving technology, but enthusiasts assume that the company is definitely headed in the right direction.