The new sensor assemblies have the same Sony IMX708 sensor as the Camera Module 3s. But whereas the full camera module is 25x24mm, the sensor and its small housing are just 10.8x10.8mm.

Here it is: Tesla doesn’t explain why it put a dummy camera in the cutout, but the computer teardown did reveal that Tesla had one “spare” camera input in the new Hardware 4.0 computer.

Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images This dud camera sensor is a part of the new Hardware 4.0, the automaker's latest suite of computers and sensors for the Tesla Autopilot and FSD.

Since January, people have been discussing the Hardware 4 sensor suite and how it will change self-driving forever. We first got information about the new cameras installed in HW4-enabled vehicles ...

Last year, there were reports of Samsung replacing LG Innotek as the lead camera module supplier – the LG subsidiary accounted for 70% of the camera modules in Tesla EVs, while Samsung provided ...