The wireless update of vehicles to Version 7.0 of Tesla software enabled properly equipped cars to steer, switch lanes, and manage speed on its own. A number of Tesla drivers immediately took to the road to test the limits of Autopilot—taking their hands fully off the wheel and seeing how far the car could drive itself down highways, country lanes, and suburban streets.
That led to dangerous situations and near accidents, as evidenced by videos made by drivers (while driving) and posted to YouTube.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 29 2015, @01:15PM
they should have called it something else, like "lane-keep assist" or "driving-assist" or something similar. Not "autopilot",
Yes!
which literally translates to "self-driving".
What? People drive [merriam-webster.com] cars, ride [merriam-webster.com] motorcycles and horses, and pilot [merriam-webster.com] aircraft and ships.
I'm pretty sure this means that either the Tesla marketing department is out of control or the Tesla engineers accidentally an OTA update to the cars that was intended for a LearJet or Hyundai container vessel instead. I am quite positive though that it means the people who trusted this technology are total morons.