Just drove 20 miles in heavy traffic using TACC and only a little bit using Autosteer. Overall, TACC was pretty reliable. I set it up to be 7 car lengths away, but when traffic became stop and go it automatically reduced the distance. For cars merging from a different lane, I thought my car was picking them up, except there is a slight lag when it showed up on my dash. Will be good to get clarification from Tesla on what to expect with merging cars
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Weird, I have not noticed it starting up too slowly, but maybe we have different opinions of what too slowly means.
I have mine set to 3 and I find it works perfect, feels very natural. I imagine that the system isn't supposed to work with the driver constantly changing the distance...if you're going to go through all that work, then might as well just drive it yourself.
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Maximapolak
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Weird, I have not noticed it starting up too slowly, but maybe we have different opinions of what too slowly means.
I have mine set to 3 car lengths and I find it works perfect, feels very naturally. I imagine that the system isn't supposed to work with the driver constantly changing the distance...if you're going to go through all that work, then might as well just drive it yourself.
Agreed. I was fiddling with the settings to see what fit my style. Not worth the hassle as I can just use accelerator to override when the light turns green.
I usually stay a little closer to lead car to get through the light. Then I increase following distance to two seconds or so after the intersection. Tesla's method is safer and more correct I will admit.
Unknown. The neural network(s) itself would be based on fleet data(your car lacks both the data storage and processing capability to train such a network), but as far as I know, nobody outside Tesla knows whether there's some form of online learning that adjusts parameters based on your driving.
Socalcommuter
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I have AP2. I noticed it when I first jumped into the car after the update but I will check again tomorrow.
On parts of the 10 freeway today (east bound between Crenshaw and Vermont) I noticed AP had a terrible time with the lanes. Disappearing reappearing. AP allowed and then not an option even though lanes seemed to be clearly marked. A few times the car would steer into the other lane too. Had to turn off AP most of the drive.
Apropos
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I just used my phone as hotspot and hope to get the update overnight. If your phone used 1.3GB of data and didn't get the update, what was it doing to use that much data?
Well...yes and no. The distance is variable based on the relative speed. Consider stopping distance. Much less time is need to stop traveling 10 miles per hour than from 60 miles per hour. So, the gap can be narrowed at slower speeds. As speeds increase, the distance changes to some algorithm based on your number setting.
I have no idea but I did it again and it used the same amount of data. I think its uploading my driving data to the mothership for processing but not sending me the update. FWIW I did a reset of both MCU and IC and still got nothing. Am parked at work in closest spot to wifi with strong connection. I expect nothing at this point and Tesla has been less than helpful.
What reason would they have to not give you the update? Perhaps your car is a serial that has a known sensor alignment issue, and they are waiting on a software cropping fix so as to not cause loss of cruise control and annoying messages? I don't think anyone has chimed in saying their car couldn't calibrate without a trip to the service center.
From the manual:
"To adjust the distance you want to maintain between Model S and a vehicle traveling ahead of you, rotate the cruise control lever to choose a setting from 1 (the closest following distance) to 7 (the longest following distance). Each setting corresponds to a time-based distance that represents how long it takes for Model S, from its current location, to reach the location of the rear bumper of the vehicle ahead."
The number represents a time-based distance. I don't believe each increment is a full second, but each increment does represent some amount of time. The time is a measurement of how long it will take your car to reach the location of the rear bumper of the car ahead of you at any given moment in time. Obviously this distance grows the faster you are going.
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After another couple of commutes using the autosteer, I've decided it ain't ready for prime time. If I wanted to spend my car time terrified, I'd be a driving instructor.
Besides not handling merges very well at all (it'll brake hard if you let it go to the last second, but that, you know, sucks), it lost its brain a couple of times, wildly oscillating between the lane markings until I had to grab the wheel. Lanes were clearly marked, with cars in front and both sides. Both times, the road was curving (very slightly, this is a freeway) and traffic was moving about 35-45mph.
Not worth the aggravation yet - I'll stick to TACC, which is actually quite nice in stop and go traffic.
Besides not handling merges very well at all (it'll brake hard if you let it go to the last second, but that, you know, sucks), it lost its brain a couple of times, wildly oscillating between the lane markings until I had to grab the wheel. Lanes were clearly marked, with cars in front and both sides. Both times, the road was curving (very slightly, this is a freeway) and traffic was moving about 35-45mph.
Not worth the aggravation yet - I'll stick to TACC, which is actually quite nice in stop and go traffic.
Ravenous21
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Hello! So even though you still have the AP1 hardware did you still get the full EAP update OTA update or did you get something different then what everyone else has been seeing?
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I think I know what you are getting at. I have AP2 hardware, but I only paid $2500 for AP1 functionality. I would guess that those in this situation will still get the same software as those that paid for EAP, but that the full set of features won't be enabled. Features that go above and beyond what AP1 hardware cars can do.
