Tesla Could Be Collecting 100TB Of Data From Over 50,000 US Cars

At this point, it’s no secret that Tesla is collecting mountains of data from its cars that are already on the road, but no one in the public sphere really had any idea about the real figures. According to a new revelation, it would seem that Tesla could be collecting upwards of 100TB of data a month from over 50,000 cars in the US.

Having such a huge pool of data resource is one of the biggest reasons why Tesla is so ahead of the game when it comes to autonomous driving in the world. Although its Autopilot feature is still designated as semi-autonomous, its capabilities are deemed astonishing even by US regulators. According to a recent post over at Reddit, it would seem that a lot of this has to do with the sheer amount of information that the company is getting on a regular basis.

In the post by the user kutrod, it would seem that Tesla received worth 1.8GB of data from him between May and June. Someone helpfully extrapolated that an average of 2GB of data a month would result in 100TB of information when multiplied by 50,000 cars.

It’s worth noting that the new policy for collecting data was put in effect only last month and the users themselves are free to opt out of the data-collection practice if they wanted to. More to the point, the particular information of specific users will not be searchable by anyone, which guarantees privacy.

As to what kind of data Tesla is collecting from users, it can be anything from videos, images, or even routes. This is the first instance of someone getting actual data on the data mining that the tech company is doing, Futurism reports, which definitely hints at a major edge over competitors in the self-driving scene.