2 ex-Tesla engineers are using an old trick from Elon Musk to build their new startup

- Self-driving cars rely on high-definition maps to know exactly where they are even if GPS fails.
- Tesla collects data from its cars to build these maps for its Autopilot and self-driving-car efforts.
- Two former Tesla engineers are taking a page out of Tesla's book by crowdsourcing data to build maps other automakers can use.
The Tesla effect
The power of crowdsourcing
A drive for data
Published July 19, 2017
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