---
title: "Drive Wire: Tesla Releases Autopilot Mode for Model S"
description: "Cars, Culture, and the People Who Make Both. Your Destination for All Things Automotive."
date: "2015-10-16"
modified: "2015-10-16"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/526/drive-wire-tesla-releases-autopilot-mode-for-model-s"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Tesla News"
tags:
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "luxury"
  - "model s"
  - "sedan"
  - "Tesla"
---

# Drive Wire: Tesla Releases Autopilot Mode for Model S

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Transcript:

Big news in the world of cruise control, Tesla has released a new “Autopilot” mode for the Model S that enables the car to change lanes, park, and largely drive itself in stop-and-go traffic without driver input. Drivers have seen some of these features in BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Honda among others. Still it is pretty cool that the autopilot mode was delivered as a software download. But we’d prefer to just hammer on a Model S in ludicrous mode.

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