What Autopilot can do
Basic Autopilot is a system that is installed on every modern Tesla as a standard feature. This system includes very basic features that lets the Tesla automatically accelerate up to a pre-set speed, brake for other vehicles or pedestrians that it sees ahead, as well as minimal steering to keep your car centered in a lane.
This Tesla Autopilot system is designed to “assist with the most burdensome parts of driving” — namely driving long distances on highways and other similar roads. These cars also come with emergency braking, collision alerts, blind spot monitoring and adaptive cruise control. Crucially, that last feature only controls acceleration and braking, leaving the driver to do the steering.
That means it’s working!
I was driving in a tesla with a retired judge and he was telling me how the car does “stupid s***” like trying to turn off the road or could even suddenly stopped.
It occurred to me it’s more stressful and energy draining to be monitoring what the car is doing than actually driving yourself.
ch-EV-rolet. 🤔👍. Happy new yea! r
My ‘18 Honda CRV pretty much drives itself on the Interstate/freeway. Lane assist, adaptive cruise control, and blind-spot monitoring. I’ve seen it steer through corners, brake when the car in front slows down or stops, all with no input from me. But I don’t trust it to do those things. Hands are always on the wheel and my right foot is ready to hit the brakes.
And yes, IC cars can catch fire after an accident, but those fires can easily be put out. As I understand it, battery fires can be tricky.