This is what Tesla is not nailing right now: letting the driver know who is driving at all times.
Bosch took us for a ride in its level 3 autonomous car
With the Bosch proof of concept, you always know who is driving, and the transitions between man and machine are so much clearer. Tesla could do so much more with the available screen space in the car, plus audio prompts.
One day, one inattentive driver will successfully sue Tesla, and Tesla will have to do something about notifications, and UI.
I am personally fine with the system the way it is because I am a geek and am finely in tune to what the system is doing at all times. But the user base is expanding fast, and that is what is terrifying me about Autopilot: the risk to Tesla that less tech-savvy users bring,
Bosch took us for a ride in its level 3 autonomous car
With the Bosch proof of concept, you always know who is driving, and the transitions between man and machine are so much clearer. Tesla could do so much more with the available screen space in the car, plus audio prompts.
One day, one inattentive driver will successfully sue Tesla, and Tesla will have to do something about notifications, and UI.
I am personally fine with the system the way it is because I am a geek and am finely in tune to what the system is doing at all times. But the user base is expanding fast, and that is what is terrifying me about Autopilot: the risk to Tesla that less tech-savvy users bring,