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Tesla's prototype Semi has a 'Mad Max' Autopilot mode

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You didn't think Tesla's Semi truck would go without a Ludicrous-like software setting just because it's meant for work, did you? Elon Musk has revealed that the prototype electric cargo hauler has a Mad Max mode. No, this won't give the Semi a battering ram or a flame-spewing guitar -- rather, it influences Autopilot's blind spot threshold. Musk didn't elaborate on what that meant, but his photo of the settings page suggests the semi-autonomous driving feature will make lane changes with even more gusto than the "aggressive" option. Don't count on this making it to the finished truck.