> Surely if it's Tesla making the decisions, they need the insurance?

Why surely? Turning on cruise control doesn't absolve motorists of their insurance requirement.

And the premise is false. While Tesla does "not maintain as much insurance coverage as many other companies do," there are "policies that [they] do have" [1]. (What it insures is a separate question.)

[1] https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001318605/0...

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forgetfreeman 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Cruise control is hardly relevant to a discussion of liability for autonomous vehicle operation.

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fragmede 6 hours ago | parent [-]

In the context of ultramodern cruise control (eg comma.ai), which has a radar to track the distance to the car (if any) in front of you, and cameras so the car can wind left or right and track the freeway, I think it does.

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sroussey 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Not unless they are marketing it as “autopilot” or some such that a random consumer would reasonably assume meant autopilot.

And I’d include “AI driver” as an example.

	▲	olyjohn 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		A random consumer doesn't actually understand what Autopilot means. Most people don't have pilot's licenses. And cars don't fly. Did you not see all the debacles around it when it first came out?