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Do Teslas have cruise control?
My husband has been jabbering on about his Tesla’s “stupendousness.” He bought the car impulsively, without even telling me about it! He says he wants to let the car drive autonomously when we do our road trip to see family across the country. No way I let him do that, but I’m ok with cruise control if it has that feature.
Jason Tushinski · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
All new Teslas have cruise control. In fact, they’re equipped with the Autopilot package, which includes Traffic-Aware Cruise Control as part of its suite of driver-assist technology.
Traffic-Aware Cruise Control uses a Tesla’s eight external cameras to match the speed of your Tesla to that of the traffic surrounding you. If the lane in front of you is clear, the cruise control feature maintains your Tesla’s speed (you’ll see a blue cruise control icon lit up with your set cruising speed indicated). If the cruise control system detects a vehicle in front of you, your Tesla will automatically slow down to maintain a selected time-based distance from that vehicle. A Tesla’s max cruising speed is 90 miles per hour.
It’s probably a good idea to remind your husband that Teslas are not autonomous vehicles. While they may contain limited autonomous driving functions (such as Traffic-Aware Cruise Control), the vehicle is nowhere near autonomous. All Tesla drivers must actively monitor their vehicle while using any kind of driver-assist technology and be ready to take over at a moment’s notice.
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