What Tesla Autopilot does, why it’s being recalled and how the company plans to fix it

A Tesla Model 3 vehicle drives on autopilot along the 405 highway in Westminster, California, on March 16, 2022. On Dec 13, the agency announced that Tesla had agreed to recall more than two million vehicles dating to 2012. The agency said Tesla’s driver monitoring system is defective and ‘can lead to foreseeable misuse of the system’. — Reuters

Tesla introduced Autopilot software in October of 2015 with CEO Elon Musk heralding it as a profound experience for people.

Other automakers such as Mercedes, Audi and Volvo already were offering what amounted to fancy cruise control – keeping cars in their lanes and a distance from traffic in front of it.