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Although it makes sense to co-opt as much of an existing design as possible, I would think that the weight and passenger capacity of the robotaxi would dictate which existing Tesla model would serve as the template for the robotaxi. If the robotaxi is a smaller wheelbase vehicle, then it would...

Elon seems convinced that the only way to make a robotaxi profitable is to use creative manufacturing methods to reduce the cost of each unit. The present approach used by Waymo and others is to build a handcrafted robotaxi using an existing vehicle outfitted with a diverse array of sensors...

I went into service mode to see if I could figure anything out and sure enough, there was a warning that the disk was low on storage. That must be the bug, that the firmware thinks that the SSD is either full or nearly full. See what yours says in service mode. I looked at the SSD on my PC and...

I'm not clear as to what you are saying no to. If not "finding" the drive was solely a software bug, more Tesla owners would be complaining about it. I opt for an explanation that the issue is a combination of a software bug and certain factors, including not only the condition of the drive...

I'm wondering whether sales could be improved by a targeted marketing campaign. What I don't mean is Tesla using traditional advertising channels. What I'm thinking is for Tesla to create an program that would target first time EV buyers of its lower priced 3 and Y models. First Tesla would...

The Musk account must be a bot based on the Magic 8 Ball.

I had that happen, but I switched removable drives, reformatted the replacement using that car's UI and Dashcam has been working for a week so far. The interesting thing is that when I loaded the original drive on my PC, it was perfectly fine and had saved ten videos from Sentry Mode.🤔

I wasn't trying to critique your example. I was trying to understand how Tesla would charge for unsupervised FSD.

That's a provocative post. Assuming the the single car liability insurance offered by Tesla is $1200 per year or $100/month. What you are saying is that the incremental insurance charge for unsupervised FSD is $299-99 or $200/month. What you are saying in essence is that FSD unsupervised has...

More like Jesus found Mike.

By Waymo's own statements, they have 250 driverless cars in SF, of which approximately 100 are on the road at any given time. In contrast, the average number of ride share vehicles on the streets in SF is 5,700 with a peak exceeding 6,500. There also hundreds of traditional taxis.

Basically, when navigation reaches the destination, FSD should be manually disengaged. I'd have to go out the car and check it, but if FSD is enabled and you hit "end trip" (Why you would do so is a mystery) then FSD proceeds without navigation guidance. It will continue straight until it...

I will predict that Teslas's robotaxis in the Vega Loop will have an incredibly impressive low failure rate per mile. Eh, so what?

If you're going to continue compare Waymo to FSD, then you should standardize both datasets. Waymo operates in extremely limited geographic areas of the US and not on highways (except for testing purposes). FSD operates over the entire road network of the US and Canada.

This so-called attack by Iran was designed only to test Israel's defenses and provide information on how to conduct future attacks more effectively. Secondarily, it was designed to appease hardliners in the Iranian government and military.

Those were missile fired from Yemen by the Houthis, who control the western portion and shore of the country.

Stop stating this as a universal fact. Waymo is Level 4 in extremely limited geographic areas and does not use highways. When Waymo covers an entire political jurisdiction like the US, then it can be considered as SAE Level 4.

Aerial photography overlay set with the earth icon on the navigation map.

This worked for me, but it could have been just luck. Add a favorite location at the end of your driveway and call it (duh😄) driveway. Clear Home and then set Home to driveway. It helps to have the map set to orthoimagery, so you can place the point more accurately.

I'm not saying that the release of 12.4 is imminent, but the availability of the April free FSD trial could influence when 12.4 is released. The free trial could just easily prevent a 12.4 release as it could cause it to be released.

If an additional camera is built into each headlight assembly and facing perpendicular to the driving direction, it should be possible to keep them clear without wipers.

Nah. Tesla doesn't put cameras in the front because it would add to much cost to each car, despite the fact that FSD would be much more aware of crosstraffic.

The Cybertaxi will initially launch in fashion that is similar to the way that the Semi was launched. It will be manually assembled in small quantities and the first wave of production will be sent into service on the Vegas loop. It will seat four adults + luggage. It will have the ability like...

I think that Elon's response to the article is not only funny but true.

You left out the main reason that I personally disengage. The navigation isn't always IMO, the best route. Tesla really needs to allow both dragging route nodes and saving a route as a favorite. The kluge of adding intermediate stops to a route too cumbersome to use.

Unless one has a "lab grade"<( tire pressure meter, one is comparing pressure sensors of unknown accuracy. And that's not factoring in the tire temperature and possibly even air temperature. As @RSpanner stated above, a few pounds here and there isn't going to matter. One of my other cars is a...

Using the SAE levels for behavior that isn't everywhere all the time within a national jurisdiction is disingenuous and misleading.

The beatings will continue until the Fed lowers interest rates.

You stated that the number of situations encountered via video clips from the cars was not sufficient to cover all possible real word scenarios. My point is that video information is augmented by simulations to increase the possible scenarios that are encountered.

You've left out the fact that Tesla also uses simulations to train FSD.

My advice is to turn off the ability to add tags, except for the original poster in that specific thread. If that's not possible, turn the feature off except for mods.

The NY Times tested Meta's AI powered smart glasses with mixed results. It will be interesting to see how Tesla incorporates AI into its vehicles. The paywalled article...

Unless the entire SAE standard language is embedded in a law, the law would be challenged as being "incorporation by reference". The reason this type of reference is not allowed is that SAE, as a private organization, could change their standards to something nonsensical.

My opinion is that all vehicle manufacturers will do the same.

I have no credible reference to provide, but I'm guessing that the Taliban tipped off the US about the planned ISIS attacks in Iran and Russia.

That's not a complete two lane roundabout. I can show the specific roundabout where FSD effed up and the signage shows that an outer lane "left," is one of the options.

The problem with this roundabout discussion is that a large number of drivers use the outer lane to use the 3rd exit (left turn equivalent). This choice is consistent with the signage and does create conflicts with drivers using the inner lane to do the same maneuver.

The US says that a branch of the Islamic State is behind the attack outside Moscow.

Ketcha twenty two ketcha twenty two ...

https://highways.dot.gov/research/publications/safety/FHWA-HRT-23-023 Interesting reading.

An update on multilane traffic roundabouts. 12.3 does marvelously in even heavy traffic when exiting the roundabout's 1st exit (right turn equivalent) and 2nd exit (straight equivalent) because it stays in the outer lane. However, when exiting the 3rd exit (left turn equivalent) it becomes a...

Ha, it's not what a Tesla needs, but here's a commercial version for offroading: https://projectxoffroad.com/products/project-x-elite-optx-app-connected-7-inch-headlight-with-integrated-4k-uhd-1080p-cameras The camera faces forward.

Good catch, but I have a feeling it might have been abandoned due to another existing patent. I did find a few more similar patents, but I'm not that interested in looking into the details. The concept of embedding a side-facing camera in a headlight is so simple, I'm amazed that Tesla hasn't...

I agree with Chuck, but Tesla has pulled off miracles before. Here's a possible reason why Tesla hasn't implemented a headlight assembly with a side-facing camera: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20030214584A1/en

I won't repeat the V12 shortcomings that I encountered and that others have already posted. My impression of 12.3 is positive. It's smooth and drives like a human, well maybe an extremely careful human. It handles single and multilane traffic circles like champ. There is still much room for...

As soon as it's.made a sticky, V13 will pop. 😉

You make an interesting point. At least for now, V12 isn't entirely based on vision. It's more like a driver who can simultaneously control the vehicle by and read a map.

I assume that you tried climbing in a rear door, dropping seats and seeing if the manual release would work.

I could be wrong, but that option only prevents you from backing into an object. Teslas's logic is that with cameras and USS, that driver will avoid backing into something. Now if you mean by rear collision avoidance, that your car would prevent you from being hit from behind, that would be...

I wrote on TMC forums about 2 years ago that I thought that Elon Musk had a mental illness unrelated to the autism spectrum. At the time, I got seriously down voted. I don't know whether overwork and drug use are either the cause or the effect, but Musk's behavior continues to trouble me, both...