Tesla automobiles, like many other luxury (and even non-premium) vehicles, offer an automatic parking option dubbed "Autopark."
Tesla's Autopark relies on ultrasonic sensors to keep track of its automobiles.
Because the feature was only enabled when there were vehicles on both sides of a certain parking area, it was limited in its utility.
Tesla has begun migrating its Autopilot functionality to its vision-only system in recent months.
In the new Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, Tesla has even deleted the radar sensor.
Tesla's electric vehicles still have ultrasonic sensors, but the automaker's vision system has improved to the point where it can now be relied on for more functionality.
For the new refurbished Model S automobiles, it has now released a new Autopark based on Tesla Vision.
Green, a Tesla hacker, was able to make it function on his own Tesla vehicle and demonstrated the new feature:
As you can see, the vision-based Autopark feature is now available for parking spaces with no vehicles on either side.
It's much better at focusing into the spot now that it can actually detect the lines.
Green told Electrek that he had never used the earlier version of the technology, but based on what he knows about it, the vision-based version is better at stopping closer to the curb.
While the technology is now only accessible on new Model Ss delivered since June, Tesla is anticipated to roll it out to the rest of the fleet in conjunction with the wider release of its Full Self-Driving Beta, which now also uses Tesla Vision.
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