Suggest new name for the Autopilot

[Six]

Call it autopilot. Tell the beaucrats and tiny brains to go away.

 

[flashflood]

In Germany, I'd call it: Fancy Upscale Car Kinetics Obviating Feet & Fingers

 

[GWord]

Despite being likely posted as a joke above, Otto Pilot would be perfect. Fits Tesla's penchant for embedding humorous, cultural nostalgia in their systems (Ludicrous Mode, 42, 007...) and the Otto part can be seen as a bit of a dig at the Germans.

 

[Pdub2015]

"NOT Autopilot"

 

[AudubonB]

Audiepilot for Audie's Audiemobile

 

[theslimshadyist]

The name "Autopilot" is iconic and I don't feel that TSLA should succumb to any external pressures to change it.

 

[TES-E]

Driver Assist.

 

[ggnykk]

"Dumb-ass pilot"

"Auto-kill-you pilot"

 

[Phil Seastrand]

I agree with keeping Autopilot. It's the most accurate definition but many people don't associate this definition with the term. Seems to me we should be educating people to correctly use the term, not stop using the correct term!

 

[BluestarE3]

I would name it after Nikola Tesla's wife or mother-in-law, but he never had either.

Well then, how about naming it after his favorite pigeon instead?

 

[jbcarioca]

I agree with keeping Autopilot. It's the most accurate definition but many people don't associate this definition with the term. Seems to me we should be educating people to correctly use the term, not stop using the correct term!

I agree, but unlike French, there is no definitive source for correct word usage so the living language changes definitions quite dramatically. Just think that not too long ago 'gay' meant a giddy happiness, and 'awesome' actually meant something that provoked awe. Despite my own preference for the accurate, highly descriptive autopilot, we have come to the point that even I must accept that teaching people what 'autopilot' should mean is not practical. In a world where 'sex' no longer is use to describe biological function and teh strictly linguistic, non-sex term 'gender' has become synonymous with what once was 'sex' we can just 'fuggeddabout' (itself a regional word that has reached ubiquitous acceptance in the US) autopilot.

 

[MissAutobahn]

Copilot system

( until autonomous driving is allowed by law)

 

[djplong]

Nautopilot.

 

[malcolm]

Nautopilot.

Elon's fitting that to this:

 

[jbcarioca]

Nautopilot.

Elon's fitting that to this:

That works, we already have that display option in our S and X, so there is no adaptation required.

 

[Dstrohl]

So... everyone noticed that they NEVER used the words "Autopilot" in today's announcement? (Except to talk about "first generation autopilot features")

Don't know if that is a clue or not, but these suggestions might be needed soon!

 

[diamond.g]

So... everyone noticed that they NEVER used the words "Autopilot" in today's announcement? (Except to talk about "first generation autopilot features")

Don't know if that is a clue or not, but these suggestions might be needed soon!

They actually call the self driving self driving. Autopilot has been Enhanced! (Enhanced Autopilot).

So there is now some distinction between the two.

 

[malcolm]

Cyberdrive.

 

[Johan]

The Tesla Neural Net

 

[malcolm]

T-Meg