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A lidar would have discovered that truck immediately. Is is confirmed that this Tesla was using self-driving?

• jiofih 6y ago
  From the article: - autopilot was not engaged, only cruise control - the anti-collision applied brakes but not soon enough - the driver walked away without a scratch
  • pound 6y ago
    How do you differentiate between autopilot and cruise control in Tesla case? I assume by lane keeping engaged?
    • judge2020 6y ago
      Yes - 'autopilot' is auto-steer combined with adaptive cruise control. Now, Tesla's technically do have 'dumb' cruise control that doesn't reduce speed in response to a car getting close, but that configuration is rare since you need to specifically call in to buy one without autopilot and is probably not what the article was referring to.
    • geoman123 6y ago
      cruise control just keeps the speed set, as with every other vehicle. autopilot will lane-keep and adjust speed with traffic