Tesla is preparing to release an update to its Autopilot driver assistance system that will allow it to automatically stop at traffic lights. The feature seems to have been activated in the United States with a group of owners of You’re here participating in a test program beta software innovations. Chain Youtube Out of Spec Motoring, to whom we already owe spectacular images of the brand new Electric SUV Model Y, was able to board a Model 3 equipped with this traffic light detection system.
The video below shows us how the Autopilot starts the car at fire green and immobilizes it at the red light. The system also recognizes stop signs.
Tesla has long promised that city driving assistance will be enhanced with new options. The detection of traffic lights and stop signs in town will be available for You’re here equipped with the most recent hardware version of the Autopilot whose owners have subscribed to the option “Fully autonomous driving capacity” at 6,300 euros and for which the “recognition and reaction to traffic lights” are announced as “to come” and stop signs “as well as” automated city driving “.
As efficient as the Autopilot is, Tesla recalls that drivers must always keep their hands on the wheel when it is active so that they can regain control at any time.
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