Enhanced Autopilot in Japan

[NamaDenki]

Seems like the vast majority of regions now have the ability to purchase Enhanced Autopilot now, with the exception of Japan and one or two other countries.

I desperately want to have the forward/back summon feature to pull the car out of my tiny garage... Any success stories of having purchase EAP in Japan? Anybody have any theories as to why it's still not available for purchase?

 

[hiroshiy]

@NamaDenki , I have no internal knowledge or connections and no theories about the availability of EAP (again) in Japan.

My 2 cents to the summon feature of EAP/FSD: I have FSD and use Summon (not Smart Summon) reasonably frequently. Does your garage have walls or poles on both sides of the car? The summon sometimes tries to avoid them and steer itself automatically. As a result, it may hit objects on the other side if you don't stop it. If it ever becomes available and you want to purchase it, I recommend you test it with somebody else's car with FSD/EAP. The feature is not perfect.

 

[NamaDenki]

Yeah, wall on one side and a pillar on the other. Here's some photos if you're interested...



Interesting that it can apparently hit one object when trying to avoid another object... I can see how that might happen in my case with the pillar. Avoiding the wall and turning into the pillar if it cannot see it. I think the side camera *should* be able to see and recognize the pillar though.

 

[NamaDenki]

Just purchased it Enhanced Autopilot seems available in Japan now

It’s working relatively well!

 

[Qythyx]

How did you order it? I don't see it available in the Upgrades list in the app.

 

[NamaDenki]

If you call them and ask for it, they'll open a Service ticket in the app where you can pay for it and they'll activate it shortly after.

You might be able to do it via opening a Service ticket instead of calling, but I called.

 

[Qythyx]

Ok, thanks! I wonder if it is worth it though. I don't think I would use Summon much, but automatic lane changing could be useful.

 

[NamaDenki]

I mainly bought it for Summon because my garage is tiny. The automatic lane changing is a nice bonus. It will also have Navigate-on-Autopilot when it's ready... Whenever that would be lol

 

[James Charlton]

Just purchased it Enhanced Autopilot seems available in Japan now

It’s working relatively well!

Could you tell us more? Have you been able to navigate from A to B only using Enhanced Autopilot? I can't imagine it working on regular roads here in Japan!

 

[mike9772]

Only change lanes don’t navigate between highways

 

[NamaDenki]

Yeah, "Navigation on Autopilot" is included in Enhanced Autopilot, but isn't enabled in Japan unfortunately. Not sure if it's because Tesla hasn't trained/configured it for Japan yet, or if it's a legal/bureaucratic issue.

 

[mike9772]

Yeah, "Navigation on Autopilot" is included in Enhanced Autopilot, but isn't enabled in Japan unfortunately. Not sure if it's because Tesla hasn't trained/configured it for Japan yet, or if it's a legal/bureaucratic issue.

Thank you for your reply