3. INITIAL RESEARCH PATHWAY ON THE DESIGN/SYSTEM SELECTED last edited on 03/10

Me and my partner, Denzel,  had to decide between the Tesla's advanced driver assistance system, and the Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS).  After some discussion among ourselves and consulting Mr Brad, we settled for the Tesla Autopilot System.

An image of Tesla's Autopilot System in use


1. To start, we used generative AI, specifically ChatGPT, to state the features of the Tesla Autopilot system. ChatGPT provided a list of some of the key features and provided a brief introduction on each feature.

2. Some of the key features mentioned included: Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC), automating steering, automatic navigation, automatic lane changing and automatic parking.

3. From here, we plan to do further research on the respective key features of the system.

4. After getting some information on the respective key features of the system, we plan to compile them individually and then get together to make a detailed summary on it.

5. I watched a couple of videos on YouTube on the Tesla Autopilot system, my search terms used were "tesla autopilot system" and "tesla autopilot review". This enabled me to have a better understanding of the system and  I got to know what people thought of the system.

6. I learnt that the Tesla Autopilot package consists of the Basic Autopilot system, Enhanced Autopilot system and Full Self Driving (FSD). The latter two are paid upgrades on top of the Basic Autopilot system.

6. When writing the reader response, I decided to explain the 2 key features of Tesla's Basic Autopilot system. I surfed the web with the search terms "tesla basic autopilot system", "tesla TACC" and "tesla automatic steering feature".


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