6.2 in Australia

[meloccom]

Took mine for a drive yesterday evening and got a lane encroachment warning test courtesy of a wildly driven Taxi. :scared:
It works but not sure I would have had enough time to react, fortunately the Taxi pulled back into his lane.

 

[raynewman]

My S85 is updating now; I'll go down to check at 10:00.

 

[ZTrekus]

My S85 is updating now; I'll go down to check at 10:00.

Someone with an updated Tesla.... Is the original Easter Egg still in thie 6.2 update? Ie holding down the Tesla icon and entering 007 access code? Hope so...

Anyone got any ideas of what the ver the 6.2 Easter Egg is? Elon Musk says it should be much easier to find.

 

[Dborn]

The Lotus was there today!

 

[One Gear]

I experienced this today while on the Hume Highway (close to the Barton Highway turn-off). I assume it's part of range assurance. I didn't follow the instructions (continued on at the speed limit) and made it to my destination with ample charge remaining.

 

[TesAus]

I experienced this today while on the Hume Highway (close to the Barton Highway turn-off). I assume it's part of range assurance. I didn't follow the instructions (continued on at the speed limit) and made it to my destination with ample charge remaining.

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The "drive slowly" warnings were introduced with 6.1 version software with the trip prediction graph. I have seen that and the red warning a few weeks back when I got down to 3% remaining.....(I knew the route home that I was following and wasn't likley to hit traffic so wasn't too bothered).

 

[ZTrekus]

I guess the autobreak feature is not completely idiot proof

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/tesla-plows-into-buckhead-boutique/nkqxc/

 

[raynewman]

I guess the autobreak feature is not completely idiot proof

Are you trying to be funny or do you not know the word is brake?

 

[ZTrekus]

Are you trying to be funny or do you not know the word is brake?

No, I spelled it incorrectly.

The point I was making was that the Tesla was parking and the driver accidentally sent it through the glass shopfront. So why didn't the auto brake feature kick in? I guess it is not idiot proof.

 

[cynix]

The point I was making was that the Tesla was parking and the driver accidentally sent it through the glass shopfront. So why didn't the auto brake feature kick in? I guess it is not idiot proof.

Maybe the front camera couldn't tell there was glass. I remember running full force into a glass sliding door when I was a kid…

 

[ZTrekus]

Maybe the front camera couldn't tell there was glass. I remember running full force into a glass sliding door when I was a kid…

Perhaps, but I thought the auto brake feature was radar based. And then of course there is the sonar shield. Both of them could detect glass. It is only the camera that may have difficulty detecting a cloaked ship.

 

[Dborn]

In fact, when in cruise control on an open road, I have noticed that if I suddenly come upon traffic lights with a stopped vehicle, the car does not seem to recognise it and land up jamming on anchors. Not good. The collision mitigation feature, I think only works if already in cruise control and detecting other cars, but I could be wrong.
While a lot of us are using cruise in the city, it really is only meant from on ramp to off ramp.

 

[ZTrekus]

In fact, when in cruise control on an open road, I have noticed that if I suddenly come upon traffic lights with a stopped vehicle, the car does not seem to recognise it and land up jamming on anchors. Not good. The collision mitigation feature, I think only works if already in cruise control and detecting other cars, but I could be wrong.
While a lot of us are using cruise in the city, it really is only meant from on ramp to off ramp.

Yes Dborn, I have had the same observation in my BMW i3. I am guessing sometimes the radar is not receiving back a strong enough signal at that moment. Maybe the gradiant of the road is different to the car and the return beam is missing its mark. So you do always have to pay attention of course. But I have also noticed that in close proximity city driving the auto brake does kick in and one time it deliberately stopped me from buzzing a slow coach that pulled in front of me... I am guessing Tesla works on the same principle. Just can't understand how someone parking could accidentally end up through a shop front. So I reckon it is not idiot proof and there are a tremendous amount of them out there... Even behind the wheel of a Tesla.... The inference being that if the driver was stupid enough to do that, then the stupidity extends to overriding any auto brake feature that was in play anyway...

 

[Dborn]

Regrettably, my late father, who was living in America at the time, did something similar but not nearly as severe. His foot slipped or something. That particular issue is relatively common in Florida..... He stopped driving permanently soon after.

 

[ZTrekus]

Regrettably, my late father, who was living in America at the time, did something similar but not nearly as severe. His foot slipped or something. That particular issue is relatively common in Florida..... He stopped driving permanently soon after.

Me too actually. My dad had just come back from the doctor's with a new but restricted authorisation to drive his car limited to a few kms radius from his house. The first thing he did was to back the car into our concrete wall. He stopped driving after that. Dad's car didn't have any tech features but I am not sure they would have made a difference. I guess the moral of the story is that the tech features perhaps euphemistically called autopilot, are really just driving aids at best... Not automotatic drivers....

 

[Dborn]

Anyone here seen any sign of the latest update?

 

[gizmonty]

I guess the autobreak feature is not completely idiot proof

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/tesla-plows-into-buckhead-boutique/nkqxc/

The vast majority of Model S's in the US are pre autopilot hardware. This one probably didn't have it. I'll drive mine into a glass window today and let you know what happens.

 

[ZTrekus]

The vast majority of Model S's in the US are pre autopilot hardware. This one probably didn't have it. I'll drive mine into a glass window today and let you know what happens.

Very funny!

I think your theory is sound too.

 

[meloccom]

I had a few minor issues with my 6.2 upgrade and a few weeks ago Tesla sent an update to reapply 6.2 which largely resolved the issues. Now this morning I have another update to install, anyone else?

 

[TesAus]

I had a few minor issues with my 6.2 upgrade and a few weeks ago Tesla sent an update to reapply 6.2 which largely resolved the issues. Now this morning I have another update to install, anyone else?

What version are you currently on? The update about a week ago took me to 2.4.188. No sign of a further update as yet.