Tesla has been busy tackling some of Europe’s busiest real-road scenarios to prove its Full Self Driving works in the real world – including a successful navigation of the notorious Magic Roundabout in Swindon.
After posting reels of a Model 3 driving itself (with supervision from a driver with his hand poised over the steering wheel) in Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, Berlin and Madrid, the company has posted two new videos of a car on UK roads.
The drive went through the heart of London, passing landmarks like Big Ben, Parliament Square, and Whitehall along a route shared with lots of roadworks, pedestrians, cyclists, and courier drivers.
To further showcase the system’s capabilities, Tesla took it to one of the UK’s most complex intersections: Swindon’s Magic Roundabout. Known for its unusual layout of five mini-roundabouts arranged around a central island, it challenges even the most experienced human drivers.
The Tesla system – officially called Full Self-Driving (Supervised) navigated it by continuously adjusting to vehicles entering from multiple directions. To really prove the flexibility in the infamously confusing scenario, the test vehicle looped back through the Magic Roundabout three times.
The videos were shot in a production Model 3, using the same hardware as vehicles delivered to customers today. Only the software is an engineering test version.
Every Tesla currently comes standard with Autopilot, while future, eligible Tesla vehicles will offer unsupervised Full Self-Driving capabilities. including the current lineup which will be continuously updated over time with additional driver assistance features.
The company charges £3,400 extra for ‘Enhanced Autopilot’ which includes assisted driving on and off motorway slip roads, smart parking and summoning. The Full Self Driving package costs £6,800 and adds traffic light and stop sign recognition.
The software has also been tested in Europe 
