Obviously Drivers Are Already Abusing Tesla's Autopilot | WIRED

Obviously Drivers Are Already Abusing Tesla's Autopilot | WIRED

SUBSCRIBE Visit WIRED Photo for our unfiltered take on photography, photographers, and photographic journalism wrd.cm/1IEnjUH Date of Publication: 10.22.15. 7:00 am Greg Ledet At 10:03 am Wednesday, a red Tesla Model S P85D with the license plate "UBER QIK" arrived at a parking garage on East 31st Street in Manhattan. This is noteworthy only because that very car was at the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach, California, just two and a half days earlier. The Model S crossed the country in record time for an EV—and drove itself nearly the entire way. Carl Reese, Deena Mastracci, and Alex Roy made the coast-to-coast drive in 57 hours and 48 minutes, a time that is still to be verified by an independent third party. The three are veterans of record-setting transcontinental runs: In April, Reese and Mastracci set a record for the least time spent charging an EV while driving across the country. And Roy, a rally driver, set an unofficial "Cannonball Run" record in 2006,

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