Tuesday 7 February 2017

Tesla Autopilot – still need to keep your hands on the wheel!


Tesla’s Autopilot is not yet truly autonomous (but coming soon). It requires the person in the driver’s seat to keep hands on the wheel. If it detects non-compliance, it beeps warnings. What happens next?



If you look carefully at the 1:57 mark, the message at the bottom of the screen reads, “Autosteer Unavailable for the Rest of This Drive”.
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