Wednesday, October 14, 2015

"TONIGHT, TESLA MAKES its cars autonomous. Well, semi-autonomous"

Wired:
And it did it with an over-the-air update, effectively making tens of thousands of cars already sold to customers way better.
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in Autopilot, you keep your hands on the steering wheel. Well… you don’t have to keep your hands on the steering wheel. You can rest them on your knees (resting on knees, palms up, fingertips touching the wheel is advised), or keep one pinky on the wheel. And okay, you can take your hands off altogether for a moment. But after a few seconds, your car will give you a little message, asking you to touch the wheel in some capacity.