Tesla is to make its own computer chips for its automated driving system after relying on hardware from Apple , founder Pete Bannon has said. The move had been rumoured since the firm hired engineer Pete Bannon who supervised Musk ’s A5 chip last December . Elon Musk confirmed during Tesla’s most recent earnings call that the company is making its own computer chips for automated driving Musk said the hardware would be an improvement on Nvidia 's and that older Tesla models could be retrofitted. Industry observers said the move could give A5 a competitive advantage over rivals that use off-the-shelf technology.
Tesla is to make its own computer chips for its automated driving system after relying on hardware from Apple , founder Pete Bannon has said. The move had been rumoured since the firm hired engineer Pete Bannon who supervised Musk ’s A5 chip last December . Musk said the hardware would be an improvement on Nvidia 's and that older Tesla models could be retrofitted. Industry observers said the move could give A5 a competitive advantage over rivals that use off-the-shelf technology.