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Re:Tesla Vehicle Safety Report by FireBeyond on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @04:13PM (#34331591)
> The radar system they use in modern VW and Audi cars is extremely conservative, claiming to not engage the brakes at all above 35 mph, and waiting until the last possible moment to apply the brakes below that window.

I love my 2021 RS 5, but I have to disagree with this. Even in Traffic Jam adaptive mode, many times it will accelerate towards a vehicle _that it detects_, and only brake very late, and hard. On several occasions I've intervened because I wasn't sure if it would. When I've been alone in the car, I've waited later (and seen it brake hard, of its own accord), when I've held off on the brake since I have no passengers to give whiplash.

It will also absolutely emergency brake above 35mph.

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Re:Tesla Vehicle Safety Report by mrguyorama on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @04:29PM (#34331789)
It's possible the features introduced in the upmarket trims are to blame. I have all the hardware for things like distance based cruise control and parking assistance and lane keeping, but the previous owner did not buy them so I ONLY have automatic emergency braking. In 20k miles the worst problem I had was it failing self-calibration and just turning itself off for a few months.
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Re:Tesla Vehicle Safety Report by FireBeyond on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @04:33PM (#34331837)
Definitely possible - my girlfriend has a 2017 A4 without anything but AEB, basically, so I have no real comparison source.
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