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I feel like this section needs a rewrite. What is the distinction they're drawing between "Tesla's 'autopilot system'" and "Autopilot"?
It's hard to describe these modes because Tesla purposefully blurs and obfuscates what they actually can/cannot do (like giving them names that are basically synonyms.) Typical confuseopoly strategy.
Are you saying that there are three modes, one called "autopilot system," one called "Autopilot," and one called "Full Self-Driving"? Because otherwise this phrasing:
is confusing in a way that's independent of the way that Tesla's names are confusing.
My understanding was that there are two modes, one misleadingly called "autopilot" which is basically adaptive cruise control plus lane keeping, and one even more misleadingly called "full self driving," which integrates with the GPS and will also do lane changes and exits. Both will happily plow you into a semi at speed, which makes the names REALLY dumb. But the distinction the article is making, between the "autopilot system" and capital-A "Autopilot," seems like it needs more explanation, and I don't think that's a Tesla distinction.
"Autopilot" is the category that depending on which car you bought and which DLC skins you paid for might contain "Autopilot" cruise control or "Full Self Driving" or "Autosteer" or "Cruise Control" or other shit that do different things and change names whenever the car updates.