Tesla self driving car coming soon :-
The promise of self-driving cars zooming around while their human operators doze off, read, or watch movies is not quite here yet. But who said that had to happen right now or we've missed our chance at driverless vehicles forever? .
Tesla Autopilot, later marketed as Enhanced Autopilot after a second hardware version started to be shipped, is an advanced driver-assistance system feature offered by Tesla that has lane centering, adaptive cruise control, self-parking, ability to automatically change lanes without requiring driver steering, and enables the car to be summoned to and from a garage or parking spot. Planned improvements to Enhanced Autopilot include transitioning from one freeway to another and exiting the freeway when the user’s destination is near.
As an upgrade above and beyond Enhanced Autopilot's capabilities, the company's stated intent is to offer full self-driving at a future time, acknowledging that legal, regulatory, and technical hurdles must be overcome to achieve this goal. As of February 2018, Tesla indicates that a demonstration of a self driving coast to coast drive will be ready in about six months, which has been delayed from an initial goal of end of 2017. Autopilot was first offered on October 9, 2014, for Tesla Model S, followed by the Model X upon its release. Autopilot was included within a "Tech Package" option. At that time Autopilot features included semi-autonomous drive and parking capabilities. Initial versions of Autopilot were developed in partnership with Israeli company Mobileye. Tesla and Mobileye ended their partnership in July 2016. Autopilot version 8 uses radar as the primary sensor instead of the camera. In November 2016, Autopilot 8.0 was updated to have a more noticeable signal to the driver that it is engaged and it requires drivers to touch the steering wheel more frequently. Later releases offered smoother lane-keeping and less jerky acceleration and deceleration. HW 2.5 was released in July 2017, appearing in cars built from August 2017.