(asking because I honestly don't know)
It also doesn't have traffic light communication. Nor school zone identification.
Predictive active suspension - no. The car treats even road sealant at times as an obstruction.
Will not swerve around another vehicle - only AEB.
Ok, this is just a blog, but it seems to have it (for at least 2 years now)? Or am I missing something?
> Will not swerve around another vehicle
Huh?! Ever seen a recent FSD video? I've even seen it swerve around wildlife?
> new control settings for Standard and Sport modes allow the driver to adjust the suspension for a smoother or more “road aware” driving feel. Originally a move away from the control structure of the older Smart Air Suspension, the Adaptive Suspension is raised and lowered based on preference selections in the control panel (Never, Always, or Highway) rather than through ride height by increments.
The Audi system does that and a bunch more:
- raises the car for ingress and egress
- It's also meant to absorb the road's pitches and dips by prepping the chassis where appropriate.
- In comfort mode, the front camera pairs up with the steering, which allows the car to feel any unevenness and signal the system to respond accordingly.
- Audi also claims that a "curve-tilting function" cuts down on lateral acceleration felt by occupants.
- "Upon entering a curve, it elevates the side of the body on the outside of the curve and lowers the other side, thereby tilting it into the curve up to three degrees,"
and more.
I don't always agree with Tesla's -UX- decisions, and things that are buried layers deep, but their UI is certainly one of the nicest, agreed. But there's more to it than that.
And if the response to that is "Just use voice control", well, then it doesn't matter anywhere near as much that they have the nicest UIs.
The big thing I notice is that a lot of Tesla owners are fully bought into the "dinosaur" hype and think that many Tesla features are exclusive to them.
Meanwhile, my non-Tesla has things like:
- Traffic sign recognition - my car talks to (well, listens to) the traffic lights in my city and actually will show a countdown until when they will change. It will even recognize school zone signs and (at least when they are connected to lights) will recognize when those are active (will display 'school' above the speed limit, regardless, and then blink that if it notes a blinking light associated with that sign).
- Adaptive blind spot - so nice. Speed differential low, or you're going faster? Will not activate, or only activate last moment. But if someone is blowing by you in the HOV lane, it will warn of them when they're still several hundred feet back.
- Laser headlights. Matrix headlights. Night vision with thermal imaging.
- Predictive active suspension - The car actively scans the road ahead with sensors and it will adjust suspension for poorer road conditions.
- The car can not just stop, but will actively swerve, if safe, around obstructions to avoid a collision, or even a parked car opening a door into traffic.
All this in the Model S price range.