Is it possible RC Model 3 recognized stop sign?

[wittmam]

Is it possible the black Release Candidate Model 3 Elon posted was in AP 2.0 mode and recognized the stop sign and stopped on its own? If they were trying to show off acceleration it seems a pretty short distance. Could this have been a test/demonstration of something more?

Elon Musk on Twitter

 

[Yggdrasill]

This was probably just a gentle first test drive, judging by the guy in the passenger seat with the laptop. It may be as simple as he was making sure the logging was working properly, before taking the car for a spin on the test track.

 

[TacC]

Seems unlikely. I would brag about it in the tweet if I were Elon. I really hope that AP2 doesn't accelerate and brake that hard in parking lots.

I think everyone understands that early Model 3s are going to go 0-60 in 6.0, whether that is limited by software or physics.

 

[RichardL]

That video was taken in Palo Alto. The test track is at the Fremont factory, around 20 miles away, across the Bay. So I doubt that they were related.

 

[Yggdrasill]

That video was taken in Palo Alto. The test track is at the Fremont factory, around 20 miles away, across the Bay. So I doubt that they were related.

Ah, thanks for the info. Means they are further along in the testing that I thought. The're likely driving between Fremont, Palo Alto and around the bay area in general, seeing how the RC Model 3's handle regular roads.

Those who live in the bay area - keep your eyes peeled.