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Re:Tesla loses U.S. designation for some advanced safety fea... by sutherland on Thursday May 27, 2021 @02:54PM (#27306703)
This is part of Tesla's plan to transition to a vision-only system:

- FUD-free Tesla Daily coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3zsmZx4kfA

- Details from Tesla: https://www.tesla.com/support/transitioning-tesla-vision

Re:Tesla loses U.S. designation for some advanced safety fea... by RandomWorker on Thursday May 27, 2021 @04:33PM (#27308059)
Right on, this might be a great move.

Though radar is a powerful technology. Two camera's with the right depth sensing software behind it could do a lot. What about light source though? Camera's with great light sources provide a super powerful technology, but what are you going to do in the dark/rain? Then again, camera's are cheaper and can do better in some conditions with (semi)reflective surfaces. It's all up in the air, but making sense of the world in a moving object with constantly changing scenery and multiple other vehicles/cyclists/foot traffic moving around.

I think the argument they make is quite interesting, with vision (our eyes) we do anything and everything in the car. Therefore, camera's are like eyes so they should give comparable performance. The fact is that the dynamic range of the eye is insane and no commercial camera can currently even come close to it. Once that technology is there, (which is physically impossible with the current sensor tech) I'd agree with them.

Re:Tesla loses U.S. designation for some advanced safety fea... by ffggvv on Thursday May 27, 2021 @03:22PM (#27307026)
their decision to sell their auto kill software at all kills people. but they don’t care. as long as elon gets his pumps
Re:Tesla loses U.S. designation for some advanced safety fea... by xvector on Thursday May 27, 2021 @04:38PM (#27308131)
This is correct. Tesla’s MO is implementing the “move fast and break things” methodology on real human beings in safety-critical situations. I don’t understand how anyone can support this. It should be illegal.

I own a Model 3 and it will be my last Tesla.

Re:Tesla loses U.S. designation for some advanced safety fea... by ffggvv on Thursday May 27, 2021 @04:45PM (#27308254)
its a shame because its a solid car if they didnt focus on all the lies, bad business practices, killing people etc and instead just focused on making it cheaper and better.