While self-driving cars haven't become a complete reality yet, electric car company Tesla has come one step closer with the release of its new autopilot feature.

On Wednesday night, the company released its new Tesla Version 7.0 software for owners of the Model S line. The new autopilot function won't allow drivers to completely take their hands off the wheel, but it will give the car the ability to change lanes, manage speed and hit the breaks on its own. The car can also scan for available parking spaces and parallel park on command.

According to the company website, "Tesla Autopilot relieves drivers of the most tedious and potentially dangerous aspects of road travel. We're building Autopilot to give you more confidence behind the wheel, increase your safety on the road, and make highway driving more enjoyable. While truly driverless cars are still a few years away, Tesla Autopilot functions like the systems that airplane pilots use when conditions are clear. The driver is still responsible for, and ultimately in control of, the car. What's more, you always have intuitive access to the information your car is using to inform its actions."

While Google has experimented with self-driving technology before, Tesla's new software may be the most advanced yet. A video from CNet below shows the new software in action. The car in the video manages to navigate itself through a busy New York City street fairly easily, even when the driver takes his hand off the wheel for brief moments.

Tesla is still erring on side of caution, however. They suggest drivers keep contact with the wheel in some capacity, and the car will even give drivers a message if their hands are left off for too long.

"We tell drivers to keep their hands on the wheel just in case, to exercise caution in the beginning," CEO Elon Musk said yesterday at a press event, according to Wired. "Over time, long term, you won't have to keep your hands on the wheel -- we explicitly describe this as beta."

As of June, Tesla has sold close to 80,000 Model S units. Check out the car's cool new feature in the video below!