1. Because you agreed to hold the steering wheel at all times when you enabled it.
I was thinking the same thing in my discussion with @GlmnAlyAirCar. I just have two fingers and a thumb of one hand wrapped around the wheel and I don't get nags. He and others are stating they have to apply significant torque to the wheel to avoid the nags. Something seems different with the calibration.
1. What good is an auto steering system if you can't ever let go of the wheel? If that's the case, what good is auto steer? Why even offer it if it's not intended to be used without the driver having to regularly apply torque to the steering wheel? That's as crazy as disabling cruise control unless the driver presses the accelerator at least once per minute on the highway. Any agreement put up on a screen before enabling Autopilot was obviously put there as CYA protection for the manufacturer -- insisted upon by their lawyers to reduce potential liability. Do you read and agree to all the fine print every time you upgrade software to your computer or mobile phone?
To pass their Private Pilot checkride with an examiner, pilots must be trained to operate every system within the aircraft because the examiner may ask the pilot to demonstrate any system, including the autopilot. This is especially true for more advanced Instrument Rating checkrides, where demonstrated use of the autopilot is expected because it contributes to safer operation of the aircraft during instrument conditions where the pilot can't see anything out the window. Use of the autopilot frees up pilot mental capacity so the pilot can focus more on navigation, radios, and situational awareness -- rather than manually operating the flight controls to keep the wings level or to maintain a heading.
As an owner of an EV from a predominately ICE company (eGolf) I can tell you that it may be years before properly trained gm mechanics are widely available to service your Bolt.
Based on real-world experience I have to disagree. Unfortunately when flying around busy airports in the traffic pattern (especially at non-towered smaller airports) there have been multiple times when I've had to jerk the flight controls at the last second to avoid an imminent collision. Pilots of high-wing planes often can't see aircraft above, and low-wing pilots often can't see other aircraft below, and the closing rates are much higher than most cars.
To update, I got my X back after 23 days in service. One of the concerns was this steering torque/AP sensitivity. Their response:
Service Center said:
It's not lost on me that you didn't disagree with my points, you just explained them.
There's a difference between being "always on" with your attention and being "on suddenly." Attention shifts don't happen immediately, and the ability to move from one task to another varies by individual. Hands on the wheel is a decent proxy for attention, though as it has been noted, it's not completely thorough.
Perhaps because a driver's license is something that is relatively easy to obtain and considered a critical asset by most people, so that almost anyone can get one with a modicum of effort and thereby be allowed to drive on public roads surrounded by other cars, thereby putting thousands of other drivers at risk every time one drives a short distance. As opposed to a pilot's license which requires a considerable investment of time and money and when used to fly the plane is monitored by airspace traffic controllers (not every minute, but you know what I mean).
Getting slightly off-topic here, what's legal to fly isn't always what's safe. Legally there's nothing to stop you from jumping into a different aircraft and flying it provided it's the same legal category and class (e.g., airplane single-engine land vs. airplane single-engine seaplane vs. airplane multi-engine land, etc.).
