I have a Tesla, I usually use autopilot for highway traffic only, summon it like a valet to where I am in my parking lot, and not have to idle in hot and cold weather.
I agree, I wouldn’t use it for local roads and unclear highways, but isn’t this what they tell you? I don’t think they ever tell you that it’s full self driving right now. Also, I’ve experienced it being janky but over time it’s improved dramatically.
As a car and efficiency enthusiast, I totally try to keep my gasoline powered car from idling unnecessarily.
But what does "idling" mean in the context of a 100% electric car?
It can drive by itself from where it's parked to where you are?
From your description, I was thinking more of something like waiting at the entrance to a public carpark and the car comes to you.
This is called smart summon. It can turn, reverse. It’s not perfect and if you know it’s limitations you can manipulate it so that it works 99.999% of the time
It's far more janky and susceptible to confusion than Tesla makes it out to be in its marketing, and the reality is that people simply do not pay as much attention as they are required to when using it because Tesla has convinced them it's magic that's safer than anything else on the road.