Tesla Has Developed a Car That Can Drive by Itself! Meet Tesla Model S 7.1!

Ready for your car to literally pick you up?

Today, tech giant Tesla made headlines when it officially released the version 7.1 of its software for the Tesla car models S and X which boasts of a "Summon" feature - an option that will enable the car to drive itself without the aid of a human driver.

The new Tesla car update can now enable owners to manoeuvre their cars, albeit from the outside, using their key fob and park the car within 39 feet, according to a report by Tech Crunch. If that feature isn't amazing enough, the new update can bring the cars into and and out of the owner's parking garages.

Engadget, in a report, went into the geeky specifics of the new Tesla Model S 7.1. Apparently, the car must be in Autopilot mode with the "Summon" add-on appended should the owner wish to beckon the vehicle. The EV drive feature, on the other hand, will allow the car to meet the driver-owner or park in certain spaces.

"It'll even open and close your HomeLink-compatible garage door. You have to be within 39 feet of your target for this to work (it won't fetch your car from the back of the company parking lot), but you may never have to grapple with narrow parking spaces again," Engadget elaborated.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, back in an October press briefing, announced his vision to create fully driverless cars when the most-recent update then enabled cars to steer, change lanes and park on their own. Musk recognized that, while it's important to exercise great caution at the stage they are on, he declared that "people will not need hands on the wheel - and eventually there won't be wheels and pedals" in the future.

Currently, the vehicle's wheel and pedals are not going anywhere. However, with the recent update, the humans are optional for the beginning and end of the drive.

In order to maintain safety, Tesla has restricted its Autosteer technology on residential roads as well as roads where there are no center dividers. In fact, Tech Crunch noted that, if Autosteer is activated on a restricted road, the Model S's speed "will be limited to the speed limit of the road, plus an additional 5 mph." Additionally, Engadget claimed that you can't make the car go any faster even if you tinker with the speed controls.

Watch the awesome Tesla Model S in action below: