Wasn’t that near-accident an example of crash avoidance which is standard all cars and not a feature requiring Autopilot?
).I'm an amateur radio operator. New in the technology is SDR, software defined radio. The Tesla's are a SDA, software defined automobile.I bought a 2018 auto. That very same car will become, during my ownership, a fully autonomous car. Who else offers that?
You're conflating two thing. The v3 chip is free, at least to those who prrpaip for fsd. I think it might be free period. I can provide references!
It's still a hardware upgrade, i.e. not exactly the "software defined auto" that you mentioned above. Also, I suspect the recent price hike is how new purchasers will pay for the hardware.
Deb, do you actually understand what that hardware upgrade Is? A V3 chip, which is plug compatible with the v2 chip. Free for those preordering fsd.This is an upgrade, not a, "won't work without"!
You are mistaken. The current hardware is good enough for the EAP functionality, but full autonomy will require the V3 hardware. Musk explained on the recent earnings call that the current hardware is unable to process the video from the 8 cameras at a sufficient frame rate. They simply underestimated the problem. And if you need hardware upgrades for new functionality, it's not really a "software defined auto" as you wrote earlier.
I read this and logged in to cancel my EAP, I was going to add the PUP instead. But then I read "by sept 24th" I don't even know if I will have my car by then. I assume it will increase back to 6k after sept 24th.FYI: purchasing EAP after delivery just dropped in price by $500 (so it's $5,500 instead of $6000 now). Maybe someone is tempted to take the upgrade at this price (not me though
No, it really still is Deb. The V3 is plug compatible and, my understanding is, those who bought FSD at purchase it's a free upgrade and with their mobile service, more than likely, an upgrade done in your driveway. However, as for the software defined radio analogy, they still require base hardware. The specific analogy is the heart of the SDR radio, aside from other electronic components is an FPGA, (Field Programmable Gate Array). It's basically a parallel processor and software is written for it and, release to release updated to fix bugs and add new features so an OTA software update updates the code running the FPGA. My point was right this second there is no (or little) functionality in the Teslas that constitutes what? likely even level 3 autonomous driving yet, I suspect, before Tesla will declare they've satisfied the FSD commitment to those who purchased it they'll be at level 5, maybe even level 6. So, yeah Deb, I think my analogy still holds and...who else is offering that?
The other thing, ergo, another post, is I took much of what Musk said to be he wanted to bring what is currently a requirement on NVidia inhouse and have proprietary chips where the IP is owned by Telsa not NVidia. IP is part of the valuation of the company and they can sub-license it to others for additional revenue stream. Deb, did you see that You Tube vid from a year or two ago where the Tesla exec is driving around town without touching the steering wheel? Stopping at red lights, and stop signs, taking turns letting him out at a strip mall and then continuing to park itself. That would have been on the V2, if not V1, chip. So, it's not that it doesn't work. Musk is many things, shrewd is one of them!
All due respect JGard...you are comparing what it IS today with what it will be while you still own that very same car. Your Subaru is today, precisely what it will be in 5 yrs, 10 yrs. The same holds true for my 2012 Prius. This time next year, the 2018 M3 will be running 2019 EAP, doing freeway to freeway navigation and more FSD functionality which is being released starting this fall.
