According to you… I’ve hardly had any issues, if any at all with these. Wipers work flawlessly, high beams are great, don’t need auto defrost, and use your app to precondition your car, it even notifies you when it’s reached the desired temp. Auto seat heaters are fantastic!
No, according to a large number of people here. You're probably the first person I've seen say the wipers work 'flawlessly.' Ditto the high beams - just do a search on 'disco high beams.' (I will say that the high beams are overall one of the better automated features but they are certainly not flawless.)
I wouldn't expect you to need defrost in South FL (Actually, I'm surprised you use the seat heaters.) I will say that someone in Minnesota is in a far better position to evaluate auto seat heaters and defrost than someone in Florida. I should also clarify that the 'auto' setting on the seat heaters seems to do what it's designed to do - it turns them on high, then turns them down, but that's not really 'automatic' in the true sense. I still end up turning them on and off on a regular basis.
Your definition of failure is lacking an quantitative performance measure. Earnings would say the exact opposite right now, so would stock price. And Tesla is literally leading the EV market so it’s really just in your eyes that they’ve failed you. Maybe tweet Elon, tell him your credentials and that you’re the expert on all things UI. I’m sure he’ll be very receptive to it.
Not sure what earnings or stock price have to do with the UI that was released 3 weeks ago. Most experts agree Tesla is overvalued right now, but that's not really germane to the discussion either. I'm actually bothered by Elon's tweets - "most user input is wrong"
In general, I agree - Tesla is one of, if not the best EV maker in the market. The problem for Tesla is there's a lot of competition coming up fast and Tesla risks becoming a Blackberry if it's not careful. This update is a great example. If someone would have asked me a month ago about my Tesla I would have endorsed it wholeheartedly. It has it's quirks and flaws but it's a great car and each download seemed to make it a bit better. Now I second guess that. The physical car is the same, but Tesla has shown that they won't hesitate to mess with people. Do I still recommend Tesla? I'm not so sure. Now I'd say wait and see. The problem for Tesla is that it's owners have been it's biggest source of advertisement. If they lose that right as the competition is coming up they could be in trouble.
No…Was never trying to argue at all, was only trying to help you see the functionality of some of these complaints and how I think it’s being over-exaggerated by A LOT… I had to double check for myself to see what was so difficult and I mean, come on man…We’re talking about this (pic) right? Literally 2 quick touches takes about the same exact time as it took before… tap and tap the seat heater on…done, same with defrost, it’s all easily accessible right there… but yet, that’s a major complaint?
The complaint is that we had a really good UI and Tesla made it worse. More to the point, they made it worse unnecessarily. They removed controls that were used on a regular basis by a large portion (likely majority) of the users and replaced them with blank space or access to some games. That speaks to messed up priorities.
Automation is clearly working and there’s data to back it up…
“In Q4 2021, Tesla recorded one crash for every 4.31 million miles driven with Autopilot engaged, as per the company’s recently-released Safety Report. Tesla also recorded one crash for every 1.59 million miles when Autopilot was not engaged. Based on Tesla’s report, there is a significant difference between the results when Autopilot was activated and when drivers did not use it... For comparison, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) most recent data stated there was one automobile crash every 484,000 miles driven in the United States… Tesla stated that the Model S, Model X, and Model 3 achieved the lowest overall probability of injury of any vehicle ever tested by the US government’s New Car Assessment Program (NCAP).”
In Q4 2021, Tesla recorded one crash for every 4.31 million miles driven with Autopilot engaged, as per the company’s recently-released Safety Report. Tesla also recorded one crash for every 1.59 million miles when Autopilot was not engaged. Based on Tesla’s report, there is a significant...
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I have FSD and use it on a regular basis so I'm quite familiar with it. You need to consider some nuance with these statistics, though. They are largely representing autopilot on the highway which is primarily glorified TACC. It works very well and I love using it to drive to our cabin or any other time I'm on the highway.
Have you used FSD in the city? It's making steady progress (and one of the few positive gains with V11,) but it also makes a ton of mistakes. I had to stop my car from turning in front of a cement truck the other day. I also had to stop it from turning too wide and hitting another car, and that's in good weather with clear roads. FSD is a nonstarter in inclement weather. Ironically, that's when the UI is most important, too - when you need to concentrate on the road.
Just to see, I turned on FSD the other day after we'd had a snow storm. The roads had been plowed but there was still a layer of snow on them. Approaching an intersection the car was going too fast. There were no other cars around so I just left it to see what would happen - the ABS kicked in and the car slid past the stop sign, halfway into the intersection. Then proceeded to turn and accelerate as if it were a fine summer day. (I didn't use AP/FSD at all for the next 3 days until the roads were completely clear.)
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Also that even though wipers are mainly auto nowadays they still have a 1 level operation via a stalk not push a button to call ip a sub menu on a screen.
