Tesla vehicles can drive themselves right now with human supervision. This means that the Tesla vehicle is capable of making mistakes and requires a human driver to pay attention at all times that can take over driving if needed.

Can Tesla really drive itself?

The capability is marketed as a way to take your hands off the wheel, but some experts, including Alistair Weaver of Edmunds, say the technology isn't ready.

How long can Tesla drive itself?

But a study released in October by Duke University autonomous vehicle experts Benjamin Bauchwitz and M.L. Cummings found that in almost one-third of automated driving tests, Tesla "vehicles drove autonomously for nearly 30 seconds on extreme curves that lacked even a single lane marking."