Full Self Driving

Speed Dating: Getting To Know Tesla’s Autopilot

Tesla’s Autopilot has been hailed as the ultimate platform for developing a fully autonomous driving solution. After 8 months of owning our Tesla Model 3, Tesla shrunk down the base Autopilot package by removing a few features, and at the same time dropping the after-purchase price from $7,000 for Enhanced Autopilot to $4,000 for the new Autopilot package. It felt like the right time to pull the trigger on the update, so we made the purchase on March 1st.

Tesla Pushing Out “Drive On Navigation” Autopilot Feature Tonight

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to tweets this evening to break the news that the new Autopilot feature “Drive on Navigation” would be pushed to out to the fleet of production vehicles starting tonight. When similar news broke for the release of Tesla’s version 9.0, the release was spread out over nearly two weeks as eager owners helicoptered over their smart devices waiting for a software update notification (including me).