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May 21, 2018

Test drive 3 semi-autonomous systems

  • For new-car shoppers, it's important to know what these systems can — and can't — handle.
    • By JASON KAVANAGH
    Edmunds

    You've heard of Tesla Autopilot, but perhaps not always in a good way: The semi-autonomous driving system is now under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board for the role it may have played in a March fatal accident near Mountain View, California.

    But you might not have heard about Cadillac Super Cruise and Nissan ProPilot Assist, two other semi-autonomous driving systems that are available in new cars today. The Tesla, Cadillac and Nissan systems are not exactly the same. And despite a common perception of such technology, none of them allow the car to drive itself.


     
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