New patent features ultra-black, cone-shaped glare shields made of sintered steel to improve camera performance.

Tesla is turning its in-cabin camera into a traffic hack, using it to count how many people are in the car and then steer navigation toward high-occupancy vehicle lanes when the headcount qualifies.

Tesla — its CEO in particular — is obsessed with cameras. Elon Musk is reported by the New York Times to have told his employees that if people can drive with just eyes, cars should, too.