Tesla Looked Like the Future, Now Some Ask If It Has One

Re:Tesla Looked Like the Future, Now Some Ask If It Has One by linsomniac on Thursday March 29, 2018 @09:54PM (#16713014)

As someone who spent $8K on Enhanced Autopilot 15 months ago, I'd say that pretty much everyone has better autonamous driving. My brother-in-law got a new Honda Accord a few months ago, and says on the highway he can just take his hands off the wheel and let it do it's thing.

My fancy-schmancy Tesla Models S meanwhile can do an ok job of following lanes as long as you keep your hands on the wheel and pay attention to ensure that whenever it doesn't detect your hands on the wheel that you give it a little tug.

I love my Model S, but they really bit off more than they can chew in the "writing our own software" department.

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Re:Tesla Looked Like the Future, Now Some Ask If It Has One by dkoston on Thursday March 29, 2018 @10:02PM (#16713070)

Do you have 2018.10.4 or above? It drove me through 220 miles of rain including torrential downpours yesterday with ease. Up until that update, I’d agree that AP2 was sub par but the new update has dramatically improved EAP.

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Re:Tesla Looked Like the Future, Now Some Ask If It Has One by smt88 on Thursday March 29, 2018 @11:06PM (#16713392)

> It drove me through 220 miles of rain including torrential downpours yesterday

This sounds terrifying. Why did you trust it enough to experiment with your life?

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Re:Tesla Looked Like the Future, Now Some Ask If It Has One by jacquesm on Friday March 30, 2018 @03:22PM (#16719025)

And the lives of everybody else on that road.

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Re:Tesla Looked Like the Future, Now Some Ask If It Has One by linsomniac on Monday April 02, 2018 @03:11PM (#16738123)

I just got 2018.10.4 a week or less ago. I haven't put many miles on it yet, but it does seem like a big improvement in the small testing I've done, as far as the driving.

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Re:Tesla Looked Like the Future, Now Some Ask If It Has One by bdcravens on Friday March 30, 2018 @03:50AM (#16714474)

> My brother-in-law got a new Honda Accord a few months ago, and says on the highway he can just take his hands off the wheel and let it do it's thing.

I have the new Accord. It's not really autonomous. Adaptive cruise control and auto-braking aren't bad, but the lane keep mostly just jiggles the steering wheel to notify me when I depart the lines, and all the time it mistakes construction and seams in the pavement as lane lines.

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