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To be fair, the levels of self-driving are almost never discussed so it's no wonder people say things like "Tesla already has self-driving cars".

For those unaware:

- Level 0: No automation

- Level 1: Driver assistance (Assisting steering or braking)

- Level 2: Partial automation (Assisting steering AND braking)

- Level 3: Conditional automation (Human supervised autonomy)

- Level 4: High automation (Full automation in ideal environments)

- Level 5: Full automation

I believe we're currently at Level 2-3.

If someone with more knowledge wants to correct me on the levels, feel free.

There's nothing "to be fair" about this.

The levels are technical distinctions in a roadmap towards "self driving cars", which by any reasonable definition are Level 4 and 5.

Below that it is marketing for advanced cruise control features (level 1 and 2), or dangerous (level 3).

To be fair, I started with "I don't understand the current state of self driving cars".

I own a Tesla with FSD. Can confirm, there is no self driving car.