There is already a few different builds with "Navigate on Autopilot (beta)" feature and there are some variations regarding how it works for each build.
If you have this feature in your build please let's exchange info how it works.
I got lucky and somehow received 2018.39.6.1 build which includes "Navigate on Autopilot". No, I am not part of Tesla's "Early Access Program". Just regular update came in 2+ weeks ago and it turned out to be with this feature. I drove on this already around 3k miles and I do enjoy this a lot. I received another update like 2 hours later but after I looked on ev-fw.com tracker I saw that a few cars that received also 2018.39.6.1 were downgraded to 2018.39.6 (without Navigate on Autopilot) so since then I am ignoring notification about new update and enjoy new feature
Don't worry I am being extremely cautious when using it! As it seems to be in early beta stage and it tends to be uncertain in some edge cases. It works really nice in my opinion.
In this build Autopilot when Autopilot engaged in "Navigate on Autopilot" mode suggests lane changes but they need to be confirmed with either pulling autopilot stalk once (like turning on regular cruise) or turn signal/blinker stalk (but in this case you need to disengage the stalk after lane change - by confirming with autopilot stalk you don't need to do anything after lane changes). Confirmation is good for now because you want to have control when this still a bit unstable version does the lane change for you. I read there was some earlier build for "Early Access Program" people that had "Auto Confirm Lane Change" option in settings but mine doesn't have it. I like that it make a light sound and asks for confirmation of lane change for now. You need to engage "Navigate on Autopilot" every time you start driving by clicking it also once on the map direction menu to engage it for this drive. Otherwise it is regular autopilot. This settings remain on when you disengage and re-engage autopilot with the autopilot stalk while driving so no need to click it all the time it if you don't want to disable.
in Autopilot menu under "Navigate on Autopilot (beta)" there is submenu called "Customize Navigate on Autopilot" where you can choose settings for "Speed Based Lane Changes" - options are: disabled, mild, average and mad max. From my experience it doesn't affect any safety of changing lane. System for now seems to be a little over cautions in changing lane. So after you confirm advised lane change it waits for enough room for you in adjacent lane before it make the change. Regular driver needs less space than autopilot needs so it is hard for it to make the lane change yet. I like that it analyzes situation at that moment and either speed up and pass car on the side to change lane or slow down to let the car on the side go... it works pretty much very well. Only complain that sometimes it keeps waiting and blinking to change lane even though there is enough space. Well, it is very early stage for this.
So what these options Mild, Average and Mad Max really mean. It just means that when you are cruising on autopilot in Navigate on Autopilot mode and your set max speed for autopilot is higher than speed of the car in front of you autopilot detects that adjacent lane is faster and asks you to confirm lane change to faster lane. So these few options actually regulate how soon after detecting faster lane autopilot wants to change lane. In all settings the space needed and behavior of actual lane change after confirming is pretty much the same. So it is not that mad max is insane close call lane change... it just wants to change lanes more frequently. I tend to like to use it on either Mad Max or Average mode. Tesla needs to work on space needed for lane changes because autopilot wants to have too much space that other drivers would never give you and just ignore your blinker to change lane.... sometimes also even if there is enough space potentially it attempts to change lane even though there is a car fast approaching in adjacent lane... so then actually there is not enough space and autopilot attempts lane change forcing right way... it needs to "look" further behind for lane change and estimate properly speed difference between us and car that is in adjacent lane to see if it is enough distance and space.
Suggested lane changes in LA area are pretty nice and I am a dynamic driver so it fits my needs pretty nice and I would say 99% of the moments I would drive same way manually. So I like to just confirm lane change with autopilot stalk. It really works nice!
Another thing is that it takes exits and transition to another freeway on its own without confirming maneuver with autopilot stalk. The pre-required condition for this is that you confirmed lane changes to get the car to lane it wanted to be for that moment. It picks correct lane to get you there. So when exit approaches and you are in the right lane it just turns blinker and takes exit without your input at all. It takes correctly left and right exits. Same transitions to another freeway. If lane splits into 2 it just turns blinker and keeps the correct side. No need to confirm with autopilot stalk. Pretty neat.
Here on our facebook page you can find some of videos and pictures of "Navigate on Autopilot" in action taken during last 2 weeks of using it www.facebook.com/mojateslax
so what other builds other than 2018.39.6.1 have this Navigate on Autopilot?
If you have this feature in your build please let's exchange info how it works.
I got lucky and somehow received 2018.39.6.1 build which includes "Navigate on Autopilot". No, I am not part of Tesla's "Early Access Program". Just regular update came in 2+ weeks ago and it turned out to be with this feature. I drove on this already around 3k miles and I do enjoy this a lot. I received another update like 2 hours later but after I looked on ev-fw.com tracker I saw that a few cars that received also 2018.39.6.1 were downgraded to 2018.39.6 (without Navigate on Autopilot) so since then I am ignoring notification about new update and enjoy new feature
Don't worry I am being extremely cautious when using it! As it seems to be in early beta stage and it tends to be uncertain in some edge cases. It works really nice in my opinion.In this build Autopilot when Autopilot engaged in "Navigate on Autopilot" mode suggests lane changes but they need to be confirmed with either pulling autopilot stalk once (like turning on regular cruise) or turn signal/blinker stalk (but in this case you need to disengage the stalk after lane change - by confirming with autopilot stalk you don't need to do anything after lane changes). Confirmation is good for now because you want to have control when this still a bit unstable version does the lane change for you. I read there was some earlier build for "Early Access Program" people that had "Auto Confirm Lane Change" option in settings but mine doesn't have it. I like that it make a light sound and asks for confirmation of lane change for now. You need to engage "Navigate on Autopilot" every time you start driving by clicking it also once on the map direction menu to engage it for this drive. Otherwise it is regular autopilot. This settings remain on when you disengage and re-engage autopilot with the autopilot stalk while driving so no need to click it all the time it if you don't want to disable.
in Autopilot menu under "Navigate on Autopilot (beta)" there is submenu called "Customize Navigate on Autopilot" where you can choose settings for "Speed Based Lane Changes" - options are: disabled, mild, average and mad max. From my experience it doesn't affect any safety of changing lane. System for now seems to be a little over cautions in changing lane. So after you confirm advised lane change it waits for enough room for you in adjacent lane before it make the change. Regular driver needs less space than autopilot needs so it is hard for it to make the lane change yet. I like that it analyzes situation at that moment and either speed up and pass car on the side to change lane or slow down to let the car on the side go... it works pretty much very well. Only complain that sometimes it keeps waiting and blinking to change lane even though there is enough space. Well, it is very early stage for this.
So what these options Mild, Average and Mad Max really mean. It just means that when you are cruising on autopilot in Navigate on Autopilot mode and your set max speed for autopilot is higher than speed of the car in front of you autopilot detects that adjacent lane is faster and asks you to confirm lane change to faster lane. So these few options actually regulate how soon after detecting faster lane autopilot wants to change lane. In all settings the space needed and behavior of actual lane change after confirming is pretty much the same. So it is not that mad max is insane close call lane change... it just wants to change lanes more frequently. I tend to like to use it on either Mad Max or Average mode. Tesla needs to work on space needed for lane changes because autopilot wants to have too much space that other drivers would never give you and just ignore your blinker to change lane.... sometimes also even if there is enough space potentially it attempts to change lane even though there is a car fast approaching in adjacent lane... so then actually there is not enough space and autopilot attempts lane change forcing right way... it needs to "look" further behind for lane change and estimate properly speed difference between us and car that is in adjacent lane to see if it is enough distance and space.
Suggested lane changes in LA area are pretty nice and I am a dynamic driver so it fits my needs pretty nice and I would say 99% of the moments I would drive same way manually. So I like to just confirm lane change with autopilot stalk. It really works nice!
Another thing is that it takes exits and transition to another freeway on its own without confirming maneuver with autopilot stalk. The pre-required condition for this is that you confirmed lane changes to get the car to lane it wanted to be for that moment. It picks correct lane to get you there. So when exit approaches and you are in the right lane it just turns blinker and takes exit without your input at all. It takes correctly left and right exits. Same transitions to another freeway. If lane splits into 2 it just turns blinker and keeps the correct side. No need to confirm with autopilot stalk. Pretty neat.
Here on our facebook page you can find some of videos and pictures of "Navigate on Autopilot" in action taken during last 2 weeks of using it
www.facebook.com/mojateslaxso what other builds other than 2018.39.6.1 have this Navigate on Autopilot?
