But sure enough, AP2 starts turning alongside this sort of diagonal line! Straight towards those concrete blocks lining the lane on the right side! I mean - it stopped following beautiful, solid while lines on both sides of the lane and chose to start following a dark, partial twist in the middle of the lane into concrete obstacles. An absolutely insane decision from the EAP that just shows how limited its ability at the moment is... even if those road markings had not made sense, there was a huge wall of concrete right next to the lane it wanted to turn into, instead of that beautiful free air straight ahead.
There's a stretch of highway that's been under construction for a number of months. I was always impressed that AP was able to negotiate it with the temporary construction lines and the old lines blacked out. But with 17.26.76 and now with 17.28.c that has ended. It will follow the black lines now and depart from following the white lines.
IMHO, performance overall has decreased since 17.17.4. My confidence in the system is certainly lower. Curve handling is better, but the lane following is worse and ghost braking is back when it was virtually gone in 17.17.4. And actually, 17.17.4 navigated a curve that I test with each version that 176.28.c can't. Sometimes it does, but it haltingly brakes going into and through it.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, it just doesn't seem like they're progressing. They did for a while up until 17.17.4 but since then it's really been sideways in my opinion. I used to use AP all the time; it was almost muscle memory to turn it on. Now I don't even use it unless I want to take a drink of water or something. I feel like it's more likely to steer me wrong than it is to rescue me from the consequences of inattention on my part.
I think it's possible they'll someday deliver what they sell on their website. I've included that below (BTW, it should be rewritten to "subject to actually developing these features and regulatory approval." but that's for a different thread. In the meantime, I really like my car and would get another one, but the AP thing has become sort of ridiculous. I remember when I ordered in November thinking that I would really be able to get on the highway in Chicago and have the thing drive until I got off the highway in Kenosha. I thought March was too optimistic, but August would be totally reasonable. In the words of Yogi Berra: "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future."
From today's Tesla Autopilot website:
Enhanced Autopilot adds these new capabilities to the Tesla Autopilot driving experience. Your Tesla will match speed to traffic conditions, keep within a lane, automatically change lanes without requiring driver input, transition from one freeway to another, exit the freeway when your destination is near, self-park when near a parking spot and be summoned to and from your garage.
Tesla’s Enhanced Autopilot software has begun rolling out and features will continue to be introduced as validation is completed, subject to regulatory approval.
