How well does Tesla's Autopilot work?

TLDR: Tesla Autopilot works extremely well on freeways with clear lane marking, which is what it was designed to do. Beyond that, just remember it's mainly reliant on being able to see lanes, the car ahead of you and to some extent GPS and sideways sensors. read more

TLDR: Tesla Autopilot works extremely well on freeways with clear lane marking, which is what it was designed to do. Beyond that, just remember it's mainly reliant on being able to see lanes, the car ahead of you and to some extent GPS and sideways sensors. read more

Tesla’s Model S and Model X can almost drive themselves with the company’s Autopilot driving assist feature. Photograph: Beck Diefenbach/Reuters T esla’s Autopilot has been thrown into the spotlight after a fatal crash involving a Model S which was under the control of the car’s driving-assist system. read more

For this discuss, let's focus only on the most crucial components of Tesla's Autopilot technology: Traffic Aware Cruise Control (known as Adaptive Cruise Control by other automakers) and Auto Steer (known as Lane Keep/Centering Assist by other automakers), and ignore for now other features such as OTA software update, or automatic lane change, self parking, etc.,. read more