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So why is Tesla calling that feature "autopilot"?

• efitz 4y ago
  Autopilot is a great name for the feature. An aircraft autopilot controls speed and direction, within limits. The Tesla feature does the same. An autopilot in an airplane does not absolve the pilot of responsibility to maintain vigilance and avoid unsafe conditions. Same in the car.
  • blackoil 4y ago
    The result of lawsuit will tell how much is the driver or company absolved. Also would be interesting if you'll need special licence and 1000 hr training in simulator before allowed to drive Tesla.
    • ghaff 4y ago
      Assuming a "it's Tesla's fault" defense ever makes it before a jury. A judge could decide that the driver was in control of the car and trying to slough off that responsibility has no basis in law.
  • gamblor956 4y ago
    An aircraft autopilot controls speed and direction, within limits. This is false, and I don't know why Tesla stans keep bringing this BS up like it's some sort of justification. A modern aircraft autopilot is fully capable of taking a plane from takeoff to landing without any pilot intervention required. Pilots frequently use autopilot in flight, but rarely do so for takeoff or landing because it's more stressful to monitor the craft's autopilot system at those moments than it is to simply handle those parts of the flight themselves (and at least for autoland functions, the airport must be certified for autolanding).
    • efitz 4y ago
      There exist flight control systems with automatic take-off and autoland capability. Those are on fly-by-wire modern airliners. There are also tens of thousands of Cessna’s etc. that have the functionality I described and no more (sometimes less).