All Tesla cars to have autonomous capability

Tesla is to install hardware for full autonomous operation in all its cars, but it will only be activated when the company has proved it is safe

Electric car manufacturer Tesla has announced that all of its future vehicles will be equipped with self-driving technology. The company claims that autonomous capability will make Teslas safer than human-driven cars, will reduce the cost of transportation and will "provide low-cost on-demand mobility" for those who do not own vehicles themselves. The system represents an updated version of Tesla's existing Autopilot driver assistance technology.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Tesla explained that all of its vehicles, including those currently produced in his Nevada factory and the new Model 3 – slated to be the lowest-cost Tesla but which has yet to be formally launched – will all be equipped with "the hardware needed for full self-driving capability at a safety level substantially greater than that of a human driver."