Tesla Model S

[KuroNekko]

They're not really going to bring it out with that front end are they? I thought that was just not finished yet when they showed this car six months ago. I'm going to start a company making NASCAR style stickers that look like a grill and selling them to Model 3 owners. Almost a guaranteed sale to every one.

Yeah, it's rather bizarre-looking. I've read that Tesla has yet to officially reveal a production model but this prototype is probably a good indicator. It will likely have a nose design like the newer Model S and Model X which I actually find quite nice.

[Woodie]

Oh, that's better.

[SamirD]

That being said, I'd trust a Tesla with Auto-Pilot 100 times over the conventional car being driven by someone looking at their smartphone instead of out the windshield which, by my observations, is about half of those on the road.

I still have a lot of catch-up reading to do in this thread, but had to strongly agree to this statement.

Well then, if this technology isn't intended to be 'driverless', then the technology should simply disengage itself from the Enhanced Cruise Control mode when one's hands are no longer on the tiller for some brief period of time, aye?

It actually does do exactly this. When test driving the autopilot v1 car, after about 5 minutes, the car asked me to put my hands on the steering wheel. I did, and then asked the sales person what would the car have done if I didn't comply? He told me how the car does this 3 times, shakes the steering wheel and seat and then determines you've fallen asleep and pulls over to the side and puts the hazards on. So the car will not only disengage self-driving, it will stop driving completely.