On the afternoon of June 12th, the Chinese introduction of the “Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control” feature was circulated in the Tesla interest group of Garage 42.
After reading it, I summarized it briefly.
To enable this feature, you need to enter the “Control” section and set it while in gear P. The order of clicks is: “Control” – “Autopilot Automatic Driving Assistance” – “Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control (Beta)”.
After enabling this function, once the vehicle detects a traffic light or stop sign during driving, it will notify the driver and slow down, and finally stop at the stop line.
However, the vehicle will not automatically pass through the intersection. The driver needs to confirm that it is safe to pass through the intersection with traffic lights, step on the accelerator pedal or shift down before the vehicle can pass through.
In addition, in the introduction of the function, Tesla also emphasized that this function has not been fully opened, and car owners need to pay attention to the road conditions and be ready to take over the vehicle at any time, because this function cannot guarantee that the vehicle will stop at the stop line of the traffic light.
However, the “Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control” function has not yet been pushed in China. According to the information from the “Electric Car God”, Tesla Autopilot 2020.20.13 has been pushed in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and it supports red-green light and stop sign recognition. This picture may come from these three countries.
This means that the Chinese version of 2020.20.13 will be available soon. It is just unknown how well this feature will be adapted in China.
Lastly, there is also a new message about Autopilot. The latest tweet from the “Electric Car God” said that the next update of Tesla Autopilot will support speed limit sign and roundabout sign recognition worldwide.
Regarding the “Roundabout” feature, it has not been pushed in North America yet, but some car owners have tried it on external networks and published a long video.
The key point of the summary video is that when the vehicle is ready to enter the roundabout, the navigation system pops up a notification to prompt the driver. After entering the roundabout, the vehicle smoothly passed through three intersections and finally exited the roundabout at the fourth intersection.
This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.