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today's normal Tesla cars will become tomorrow's self-driving cars Tesla announced that all of its cars be made now will include self-driving Hardware technology but the actual software for the car to drive itself will be coming later maybe in a year or two the company is essentially future proofing its vehicles so when the software is ready owners don't need to buy a new car that means the Model X the Model S and the upcoming Model 3 all will be loaded with eight cameras 12 ultrasonic sensors and a forward-facing radar it'll also have a new on-board computer to process all the data and make driving decisions Tesla posted a video demonstration where the car did everything by itself traveling through city streets to the highway and then finding a parking spot it can even read signs to make sure it's allowed to park at a certain spot so it skips over handicapped spots in the video a person is sitting in the driver's seat for legal reasons but they're not doing anything in reality these features will be rolled out over time pitched as ways to enhance safety to assist drivers and the goal is to have a car that can go from coast to coast LA to New York by the end of the year oh and one more thing musk also said the car will be able to find the owner anywhere in the world just press summon on your phone app and the car will eventually find you so basically Tesla's are gonna be just like the Batmobile that's it for this tech news update I'm Bridget Carey stay on top of the biggest stories at cnet.com slash