The Tesla Model S Plaid knows what direction you want to go. Here's how

The Tesla Model S Plaid is equipped with a feature that allows it to predict what gear its drivers would like and automatically select it for them. The Auto Shift Out of Park is a Beta software program available to owners of the new model.

When you enter the $129,990 car and buckle your seatbelt, the vehicle is programmed to decide which way they you to go and automatically choose drive or reverse, which engages when you press the brake pedal. If, say, you're parked head-first in a garage, it will shift into Reverse and indicate that on the instrument cluster. All you need to get going is to press the accelerator. If you want to go in the opposite direction from it picks, the primary way to make a manual input is via a virtual slider on the edge of the touchscreen display. Up for Forward, down for Reverse. There's also a Park icon, but Park is automatically engaged when you come to a stop and unbuckle your seatbelt.