India, June 29 -- Tesla cars rely on the onboard cameras heavily for various functions, from advanced driver assistance and automated driving to replacing parking sensors. The EV manufacturer has claimed that Tesla Vision, the onboard camera, will now react and deploy the airbags up to 70 milliseconds earlier in unavoidable crash situations. To simplify, Tesla cars will deploy the airbags before crashes happen. The automaker has said that this feature will be rolled out to the existing Tesla cars through an over-the-air (OTA) software update.

According to the carmaker, the camera array will help the vehicle prepare for a crash and even deploy the airbags sooner when the system detects that a collision can't be avoided. The cameras will d...