With News like this you may want to leave the office and drive straight to the garage where your car is properly parked, but before you leap, here are 10 things you need to know about Tesla autopilot system to avoid any misunderstanding.
Only Model S P85D and Model X vehicles made September 2014 or after has the hardware for autonomous driving. So if you are a owner of a Model S manufactured before the aforementioned date, I'm sorry your car can't do any magic when around other vehicles on the highways.
You have to pay a sum of $2500 to activate Tesla autopilot system on the Model S.
After downloading Tesla Version 7.0 software update for autopilot, your car will be able to switch lanes, parallel park itself if it scans and finds a spot.
The Model S with autopilot can't detect traffic or stop signs such as a red light.
You are strongly advised to always keep your hands on the steering wheel . That's because the software is still in beta at this stage. More advanced features will come in the next update, version 7.1.
Only drive your Tesla electric vehicle with autopilot tech on the highway.
Tesla cars are not fully autonomous self-driving cars as the media would have you believe. It is just advanced cruise control and lane keeping to set the car apart from its competitions, make driving safer and relieve you of the most tedious and potentially dangerous aspects of road travel.