Tesla Adds High-Speed Autonomous Driving to Its Bag of Tricks
It is not every day you get to open a door and step into the future. But to pull the handle on a newly updated Tesla Model S this week and slide into the driver’s seat was to catch a glimpse of the auto industry’s plans to soon let cars drive us, rather than the other way around.
The updated Tesla, an already high-tech electric car that starts at about $75,000, was equipped with what the company calls Autopilot — a semiautonomous feature that allows hands-free, pedal-free driving on the highway under certain conditions. The car will even change lanes autonomously at the driver’s request (by hitting the turn signal) and uses sensors to scan the road in all directions and adjust the throttle, steering and brakes.
How Driverless Cars Will Radically Change Every Aspect of Our Lives
Good driver discounts? Accident premium hikes? These are about to go extinct, along with a good portion of auto insurance profits. Because in just three years’ time, driverless cars are going to start hitting the roads and reshaping a host of industries — not to mention all of our lives.
But before we look at how, exactly, our lives will change, let’s explore a curious feature of this radical innovation: it’s coming primarily from outside the auto industry itself.
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The Road To Self-Driving Cars: A Timeline
In the race to deliver driverless cars, it’s tough to say who’s in the lead. A number of carmakers, including Audi , Mercedes and Volvo, have introduced advanced driver-assistance systems that help motorists to be better drivers.
Tesla Motors just released a software update for its cars that adds new Autopilot features, allowing the Model S to steer within a lane, change lanes, and manage speed in traffic.
