breser
AutoPilot Nostradamus
Don't think so. I had the tech package and auto-folding on my S85 that was built just 2 days before Autopilot was rolled into the line.
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Don't think so. I had the tech package and auto-folding on my S85 that was built just 2 days before Autopilot was rolled into the line.
If Tesla went ahead and announced that the current Model S with the AP hardware does not have enough hardware to support lane keeping and self parallel parking, consider me on the list for class action lawsuit. There is no way you can have advertised a car with the potential capability of performing these actions and then change your mind a year later. Sorry, this isn't the playground. No backsies.
Mobileye management is in New York this week participating in investor conferences & likely meeting with OEM's. CEO was just interviewed on CNBC so there should be lots of info regarding autonomous driving.
So far one slide I found of interest (I don't know if a second radar unit is installed in the rear)
So far one slide I found of interest (I don't know if a second radar unit is installed in the rear)
The CEO has previously stated that Tesla are the first car company to use the EyeQ3 chipset so I'm guessing this is a reference to them. Will be interesting to see how things develop but I believe the autopilot functionality we believe is coming, will be delivered using the existing AP installed technology without the need for upgrades.
Andyw2100
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A somewhat minor correction, but both the article, and your own post about it indicate the salary bump is 60%, not 100%.
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I don't think that's accurate.
some people have, for months, been questioning whether the delays in autopilot could be due to the fact that Tesla just can't get lane keeping to work with the current hardware. (I'm not one of those people--I'm just pointing this out.)
Also it wouldn't make any sense for the screw to be at the root of this theory, as the screw showed up at the same time as the other AP hardware.
The theory that the screw may make a future retrofit possible, though, I think has some validity.
stopcrazypp
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Even though it is not 100% certain (given we don't have a spy in the Beta program), but presumably the beta testers are testing the new software right now without retrofitting new parts.
Also, I don't know about self parking, but there are other cars that have done lane keeping with similar equipment to the Model S, so I don't think there should be worry there. Tesla may retrofit more hardware for better performance, but I think basic lane keeping functionality should not be an issue with current hardware.
Also, I don't know about self parking, but there are other cars that have done lane keeping with similar equipment to the Model S, so I don't think there should be worry there. Tesla may retrofit more hardware for better performance, but I think basic lane keeping functionality should not be an issue with current hardware.
I'd love to see the source for this. That last line in particular is extremely interesting. I'm probably wrong, but to me it seems as if it's trying to say that the first use of 360 8-camera fusion will first be seen in a commercial vehicle this year, using 5 EyeQ3 processors. There are only 3 or 4 manufacturers that I know of that are capable of this, one of which being Tesla with the Model X. It would be an astounding feat if true because such technology isn't expected to exist commercially until 2018 at the earliest.
It would be a very Musk/Tesla thing to do to ship a V2.0 of something when V1.0 isn't done. Even if the X is chock a block with new sensors, I wouldn't expect them to do anything beyond S autopilot for many months.
Soolim
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Electricfan
Active Member
Man this pisses me off. I bought specifically for auto-pilot. I haven't received it. Now my hardware is not "the latest" version of a feature that doesn't even work yet. I know we're early adopters but this is simply abuse, in my opinion.
Well, you couldn't slap current owners harder in the face if you wanted to... It's one thing to continuously improve, but at least start by delivering features you promised to current owners first. Hopefully this is just the famous Elon reality distortion field. It's still possible we see a simultanous release for firmware 7.0 on both S and X.
They Model X will be released a year after the D. Things change and progress. It's possible the 2.0 hardware wasn't even out when your car was designed. So the options were to not include any hardware which means you'd never get autopilot regardless of how late the software is or to include what they had and continue to improve it. You have some of the autopilot features, just not the one everyone is waiting for.
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