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Re:Tesla confirms “Autopilot” crash in Montana by _Codemonkeyism on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @03:18AM (#12084440)
"Tesla's sensor suite is inadequate."

To me this seems to limit what is possible by software updates.

Does that mean that existing Tesla owners will never get 'real' autopilot capabilities by software upgrades, although I assume most expect to get them?

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Re:Tesla confirms “Autopilot” crash in Montana by konschubert on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @03:31AM (#12084489)
I think that was pretty clear before that the sensors do not cover that.

Maybe autonomous highway driving in good conditions will be possible with these sensors. (With the last days information, even that seems unlikely.)

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Re:Tesla confirms “Autopilot” crash in Montana by michaelmior on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @05:48AM (#12085030)
Isn't autonomous highway driving in good conditions the only thing AP is trying to do?
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Re:Tesla confirms “Autopilot” crash in Montana by kmonsen on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @03:27AM (#12084478)
I think Tesla should start some upgrade program for self driving features. One thing that holds me back from buying one of the current cars is that they could get obsolete quickly if the next version has better self driving sensors.
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Re:Tesla confirms “Autopilot” crash in Montana by brokenmachine on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @11:53PM (#12126766)
It's amazing to me that anybody could read these stories and still want to be a beta-tester for Tesla's immature autopilot features.

I think I'm the only person around who actually enjoys driving my car.

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