The article “Tesla runs ahead of competitors with first car to change lanes by itself” is about a new feature that is in about 60,000 of Tesla’s vehicles that allows them to change lanes and stay a set distance behind another car. This feature was created by Tesla Motors Inc. for its Model X cars and Model S cars made after September 2014. It was released around October 14 to drivers in North America and about a week later for Europe and Asia. The new software was made to improve the safety of Tesla’s cars. It will also pull Tesla ahead of other car manufacturers that have similar technology in place.
Tesla’s autopilot feature is an important step towards autonomous driving. Cars changing lanes by themselves shows that they could, in
