Eh.
Alas, a) long term, the IC will go the way of the dodo, as the Model 3 interface is clearly the way of the future, and b) short term, it’s not just fixing the broken speed limit database - it’s that there is no fix even being given a real timeline for that that leverages a camera or cameras, and not as part of a hybrid solution for AP3. Certainly not Tesla - see their website. It’s wishful thinking based upon merely a strong supposition that they’ve got the extra cameras and might as well use them at some point for something other than selling the non-existent E in EAP or FSD.
Putting the speed limit database mess aside, it seems realistic that we also surely won’t see traffic signal recognition for some time. See 10cm GPS for starters. What does that leave - the auto lane change fantasy that the welcher who shall not be named lost $11,120 over? Big deal. It’ll come, but so what?
I see yer picture and will add a picture I took the other day. What does it matter if that information is not utilized?
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Here’s what I think we *will* get with v9.1 - blind spot recognition with flashing sides of the IC. That’s it. We might get blind spot *reaction* which would be admittedly very cool, except that you may recall the video from 2 years ago in which an AP1 car evaded an encroaching work truck during an on ramp merge. So again, level pegging at best with AP1, *with the potential of additional use cases* due to the 4x-8x hardware that comes with AP2.
What do we really need for useful full-featured FSD? Aside from 10cm GPS interaction, more processing power and better data comm. Tesla *will* deliver both of the last two via their commitment to a new SoC/board and via Skylink in lieu of 5G, the latter of which ain’t gonna be continental let alone global for at least 5 years. Tesla even wins *that* battle in the next 5 years if they can execute their launch schedule.
Anyway, if I had to guess, we’re still 18-24 months out before getting something very cool and useful. Would love to be wrong if it arrived sooner. But it ain’t coming on August 31st.
Until that day, whenever it is, it will be an AP1 car for me.
Meanwhile, here’s to v9.1 this coming late Fall or early Winter. Whatever it will be, it’ll be the next step in the journey toward what many of us paid for 1.5+ years ago now. Chump change compared to how long the earliest adopters had to wait, right? (That right there being a freebie for the fanbois as I’m out of Kool Aid).