The most impressive things Tesla's cars can do in Autopilot
- Tesla's Autopilot feature gives its cars the ability to drive autonomously in some situations.
- While driving with Autopilot activated, a Tesla vehicle can regulate its speed, change lanes, and park without driver assistance.
- Tesla customers can buy the Autopilot feature for $5,000.
The deadline is approaching for Tesla CEO Elon Musk to deliver on one of his loftiest predictions for the company. In October 2016, he said a Tesla car would drive itself from LA to New York City without any assistance from a human driver by the end of 2017. Musk made a slight revision to that statement in August, claiming the autonomous road trip would happen early in 2018 if he doesn't meet his original deadline.
But the self-driving capabilities in Tesla's cars are still ahead of the competition. The Autopilot system included in its cars can help drivers navigate highways and parking lots, and the company says every vehicle produced in its factory has the hardware for complete, autonomous driving that could be activated when the necessary software and government regulations come into place.
Here's what Tesla's Autopilot feature can do now, and what it might be able to do in the future: