Nice to read about Tesla being the best. But the author got a few things wrong:
-Nobody knows if the display is showing everything that the car can see. I seriously doubt that it does. Tesla is showing what they want us to see. Also, cars, trucks and motorcycles are not always shown as such. I find that the image is more of a car than anything else. Not that it really matters to me.
-The car sees lane markers and shows them as grey. It shows them as blue when AP is engaged, and only then. They only turn grey when disengaged. It can continue to drive in AP when seeing one line, which shows as blue. The driver may have to take over when they both disappear.
-Walls, etc are not color coded in blue. Obstacles are indicated by distance in different colors in glowing areas of approximate range. An important distinction.
-I totally disagree that AP can keep my car better centered in the lane that I. This guy must be a poor driver. Mine does wander slightly. It might be slight. But it essentially wiggles a bit in the lane. I do a much better job.
-Lingering near exit lanes and the car tracking right off the road? Fixed in the very first rev and very well documented. When did he drive? Within the first few weeks of initial release?
-Working in night or weather: That is exactly when we want a safety system to work. And it works well. I'll give him that.
-I do agree that the warnings could be better. I think if we had a HUD, that would solve the problem, as we are not looking at the IP all the time while driving. At least we shouldn't... By the time I hear the tone, I always feel that it is a bit too late. However, I have never had a problem.
-AP 8? Completely wrong. We are on AP1 and looking forward to AP2.
OK. I know that I am nitpicking some of this stuff. But it really pisses me off when somebody writes an article purporting to know enough to critique a product when they can't even get some of the basics right. Even though he praised the Tesla AP, his inaccuracies lead me to believe that his slamming the Merc system is inaccurate also. Yes, I am a total Tesla fanboy. But I have great respect for Mercedes and do not like the idea that they got slammed by somebody who does not fully understand even the company that he is praising.
I posted this on their site also, with a few minor tweaks.
