Also. Strange thing. I just realized that the online manual does not have cruise control section .
Instead, it says:
"If your vehicle is not equipped with the optional Enhanced Autopilot or Full SelfDriving Capability package, refer to the owner's manual on your vehicle's touchscreen for instructions on how to use Cruise Control",
i.e., non-EAP version receives its own manual that is only available in the vehicle system, and that's what i was reading, and EAP owners can't even refer to what i was referring to. Because they perhaps never had access to non-eap vehicle manual. At the risk of wild speculation, could it be that Tesla did not want EAP owners to realize they are missing functionality cf. non-EAP? because it definitely seems to have worked.
It was confusing for me too, because non-eap manual keeps referencing EAP sections of the manual, which it has too; and vice versa, EAP manual constantly makes references to non-EAP vehicles. All making impression there's only one manual for everything. But the online pdf manual is EAP-only manual.
So, EAP vehicles have no cruise control any longer, only TACC. And since TACC is a beta and has much wider limitations than non-EAP cruise control, that's a whole chunk of benign functionality cut out from EAP vehicles. What's more, they are both activated by the same gesture, so once you upgrade to EAP, you may not realize new limitations of the same gesture engaging a new mode.
Wow, I did not realize the 2-different-manuals reality. I need non-freeway regular cruise control. Not only do we get beta version with wide limitations, but also we actually lose already existing use with EAP. Good to know.
Cf. both types of cruise control are typically available in other vehicle's safety tech packages at the same time (certainly on my pacifica phev), but apparently Tesla just couldn't figure how to keep them both in the same vehicle in a user-intuitive way (hey wait.. was it 4 or 5 downs?..)
Instead, it says:
"If your vehicle is not equipped with the optional Enhanced Autopilot or Full SelfDriving Capability package, refer to the owner's manual on your vehicle's touchscreen for instructions on how to use Cruise Control",
i.e., non-EAP version receives its own manual that is only available in the vehicle system, and that's what i was reading, and EAP owners can't even refer to what i was referring to. Because they perhaps never had access to non-eap vehicle manual. At the risk of wild speculation, could it be that Tesla did not want EAP owners to realize they are missing functionality cf. non-EAP? because it definitely seems to have worked.
It was confusing for me too, because non-eap manual keeps referencing EAP sections of the manual, which it has too; and vice versa, EAP manual constantly makes references to non-EAP vehicles. All making impression there's only one manual for everything. But the online pdf manual is EAP-only manual.
So, EAP vehicles have no cruise control any longer, only TACC. And since TACC is a beta and has much wider limitations than non-EAP cruise control, that's a whole chunk of benign functionality cut out from EAP vehicles. What's more, they are both activated by the same gesture, so once you upgrade to EAP, you may not realize new limitations of the same gesture engaging a new mode.
Wow, I did not realize the 2-different-manuals reality. I need non-freeway regular cruise control. Not only do we get beta version with wide limitations, but also we actually lose already existing use with EAP. Good to know.
Cf. both types of cruise control are typically available in other vehicle's safety tech packages at the same time (certainly on my pacifica phev), but apparently Tesla just couldn't figure how to keep them both in the same vehicle in a user-intuitive way (hey wait.. was it 4 or 5 downs?..)
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