Tesla is famous (or in some circles, infamous) for
its Autopilot driver assistance system, but it isn't the only game in town.
Tesla is famous (or in some circles, infamous) for
its Autopilot driver assistance system, but it isn't the only game in town...
Not exact matches
He added that the technology is «not designed to cover all possible crash situations in a safe manner,» and that
Autopilot is a «
driver assistance system and not a driverless
system.»
Tesla's
Autopilot semiautonomous
driver -
assistance system has also come under scrutiny.
Concern has grown over the safety of
Autopilot, its
driver -
assistance system, after a fatal crash on March 23 that occurred while the
system was engaged.
In its current form,
Autopilot is an advanced
driver assistance system (ADAS) that classifies as a Level 2 automated
system by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The new «
Autopilot»
driver assistance systems, which help keep you in lane and auto - brake on cruise control, just make it an even better cruiser.
The suite of
driver assistance technologies — while not quite yet a semi-autonomous
system like Tesla's
Autopilot — includes automatic forward emergency braking, blind - spot monitoring, and lane keep assist.
It takes over steering in heavy traffic at speeds up to 37 mph, which, when combined with Audi's other
driver assistance systems, creates something roughly equivalent to Tesla's
Autopilot.
This is quite impressive and a step up from any other
system we've tested; we can easily see Kia offering a
driver assistance system like Tesla's
Autopilot in the near future.
Tesla readily points out that
Autopilot — despite the implications in its name — is only a
driver -
assistance system and is not intended to pilot cars on its own.