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Is there a specific reason why Tesla refuses to integrate CarPlay or Android Auto?
Other car manufactures have tried avoiding those two because they want to maintain control over their ecosystem. Read up on how Toyota failed at this with their special infotainment Linux OS.
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You hope the car relies on continuous signal from the phone to proceed. It's certainly possible that the phone freezes in a way that the "keep going" signal continues to be sent, but it's probably not the more likely failure mode. Definitely a good thing to be concerned about!
I may be just a bad developer but my first thought when I see or build a new feature for anything is "how could this go wrong, and who will it kill if it does?" Thankfully, I don't make self driving vehicles, so the second question is usually at worst a handful.
Great non-driving features.Not going to complain about Tesla making my car continuously better, but I was hoping to see, "Autopilot now does more".
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Does it steer and lane center in general, besides when you drift out of lane?
Current cars that have lane centering and steering at all speeds: * All Acura models * All Audi models * BMW 5/6/7/X3/X4 * Cadillac CT6 * Ford Edge * All Honda models (mostly at higher speed) * ... and so on. Source: https://www.cars.com/articles/which-cars-have-self-driving-f... This notion, particularly among Tesla owners, that active lane centering and steering is a Tesla exclusive, is at times wilfully blindered,…
Autopilot is more than just "active lane centering and steering" (known as LKAS) Autopilot is a combination of a lot of things (TACC + Autosteer + Auto Lane Change + Auto Lane Keep + NOA etc...)
Autosteer is also way ahead of everything else out there right now. The competition is mainly just TACC and basic LKAS.
For example, I am yet to see so other cars perform in conditions like this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/d32eo3/autopil...
> Most to all mid to high end vehicles have all this stuff
Yeah mostly an extra option and costs $$$. Basic autopilot and a ton of safety features are FREE on Tesla. It's actually pathetic how other car manufacturers charge for advanced safety features.
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Right, because those vendors were smart enough to add support for Android auto and carplay and leave it to Google and apple. I have a model y on order, but if they can't figure out infotainment soon I'll likely cancel it. I spend way too much time driving to deal with garbage infotainment.
I wonder if they can just run CarPlay/Android Auto in a VM and display it on 1/2 the screen?
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Traffic rules don't just magically go away just because you enter a parking lot. edit: the parent comment edited his comment to include "no right way", which I'd like to address: it is very common (at least in every America city I've ever been to) for parking lots to have lanes that are very clearly marked for only one-way travel. These lanes, like the one shown in the video, are typically only wide enough for one ca…
Legally, they kind of do.
For example in Australia we have a 'reckless driving' law which would definitely cover the case of you ignoring parking lot rules. Likewise if you had an incident I doubt your insurance company would honor the claim.
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My comment is based on my interpretation of the original point. But I feel like you're pointlessly nitpicking, which is against the hn rules, so please read those.
No, the main thrust of the original point is that Tesla's actions may not be illegal, because some laws don't apply. And my comment addresses that. Instead, it would be nit picking to say "well, actually, some laws do apply, and since you said all laws accidentally, that makes you wrong!". In reality, whatever actions the Tesla car in question did, might not be illegal because some laws might not apply. The original…
If a Tesla car was driving around a parking lot in the wrong direction it definitely looks like some of those listed e.g. careless, reckless or improper driving would cover it.
So yes there is a good case to be made that it's illegal.
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Same. The Tesla Model 3 is great. I'd get one if I didn't have crushing doubt about their ability to service their cars. Or stay in business long-term.
> I'd get one if I didn't have crushing doubt about their ability to service their cars. Or stay in business long-term. Are you serious? That false narrative fueled by FUD has been the talking point by short-sellers since 2008 (Only Tesla and Ford survived the 2008 market crash btw). It's now 2019 and you would think people would know any better.
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AP is not capable of identifying speed limit signs. At least, modern AP cannot. To identify speed limits, Tesla AP pulls map information, which is often inaccurate outside cities.
Apparently identifying speed limit signs is AP1-only, because it relied on Mobileye's technology to do that and Tesla still haven't implemented their own replacement for that feature yet.
It's more of Tesla can't because because MobileEye owns the patent:
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Having driven a car with Toyota's smart driving features... I view them as a negative. Cruise control keeps me too far back from whatever vehicle is in front of me. Dealbreaker with no clear way to disable. I'll stick with my 7 year old Yaris (which also has shitty Bluetooth)
How far back is that? I generally try to leave at least 10 car-lengths in fast traffic, 3-5 in heavy traffic.