"Tesla's new affordable versions of the Model 3 and Model Y are officially here. They're cheaper, simpler and are, rather surprisingly, missing one of Tesla's most important Autopilot features. For the first time in years, Tesla is shipping cars without Autosteer. That means anyone digging out their wallets won't just be sacrificing the creature comforts of faux-leather seats and double the speakersthey'll also be missing out on the lane-centering feature that defined the brand's early promises of full-blown automated driving."
"To be clear, we're not talking about Full Self-Driving here. This is Autopilot, which is meant to help with highway driving. It includes Traffic Aware Cruise Control (the feature that controls acceleration and braking while responding to surrounding cars) and Autosteer (which helps the car automatically follow lane lines). TACC is still included, but Autosteer is not, which means that it's going to feel a lot like 2012-era Tesla, and steering your car completely on your own is so back, baby."
Tesla released lower-cost Model 3 and Model Y variants that remove Autosteer from the standard Autopilot package. Autopilot continues to include Traffic Aware Cruise Control (TACC) to handle acceleration and braking, but lane-centering is absent. Autosteer had been included in nearly every U.S. Tesla and served as a core driver-assistance distinction for the brand. The omission likely reflects a move to reduce price or to encourage upsells to higher trims or paid Full Self-Driving. Hardware appears likely unchanged, and Full Self-Driving remains purchasable, leaving drivers to steer more on highways.
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