Tesla Autopilot Update Will Now Keep You In The Fast Lane

Tesla has started pushing a new software update enabling Autopilot to stay in the passing lane instead of moving back to the right lane like you normally should.

Self-driving vehicles have the potential to greatly alleviate traffic by simply driving in better and more appropriate ways than the average human driver.

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Section_31_JTK - 9/15/2020 3:33:04 PM

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Great so now we have AI that can help you become moving roadblock. Get out of the passing lane folks. It's meant for passing.

SanJoseDriver - 9/16/2020 6:34:43 AM

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Turned this on. If you are driving pretty fast, you end up having to constantly change lanes to pass cars. On CA freeways it makes more sense to stay in the fast lane and immediately move over if a car is behind you. Will test it out tomorrow.

SanJoseDriver - 9/16/2020 10:05:45 PM

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Works really well, I'm keeping it. I wouldn't use it if planning to go around the speed limit though. It feels like they made other undocumented improvements. When you activate autopilot it used to "snap" to the center of the lane as if there was a magnet in the center of the road. Now it very gradually moves to the center without being abrupt. Tight corners in general seems to have been significantly smoothed out. I also love the beep on green light feature. If you are looking away you always know when the light turns green.

I can't wait to see what the new neural net can do later this year.