Musk promises better Summon coming "next year"

[diplomat33]

Earlier Musk said that a new Summon is in the works that will use the cameras. Now we have more details.

Yes, I am aware of "Elon Time" so take it with a grain salt. But still pretty cool. This new Summon sounds like it will be for FSD. So I am guessing it is something that Tesla hopes to do with the new AP3 chip also coming next year.

 

[DBeckwith]

Maybe it will be used to valet cars to and from the new SuperCharger III which is rumored to have hands free charging:

 

[Kuhz]

So he is implying by end of THIS year?

 

[diplomat33]

So he is implying by end of THIS year?

No, I don't think so. He says "by next year" which I interpret to mean that he expects it sometime in 2019.

 

[Kuhz]

No, I don't think so. He says "by next year" which I interpret to mean that he expects it sometime in 2019.

Right but next year is 2019 so by 2019 aka end if this year. In either case I don’t think it happening

 

[Eclectic]

When we placed the order for the newly-announced P85D just about 4 years ago a similar promise was made about the car driving itself on private property. 4 years later...

 

[PhatCat]

Right but next year is 2019 so by 2019 aka end if this year. In either case I don’t think it happening

You're assuming he meant by [the beginning] of 2019. I'm pretty sure he meant by [the end] of 2019. In Elon speak, "by the beginning of 2019" would be "is weeks away".

 

[RDoc]

a) I'm VERY skeptical.
b) There's no guarantee that any existing car will get this feature. Look for Super Auto Pilot to be available for $6000 ($8000 after delivery) to replace the current EAP option. It actually will do less than EAP or AP1 when delivered, but the future enhancements due within a countable number of months will more than make up for that.

 

[DBeckwith]

Where I worked the sales staff interpreted 2019 as Jan 1 2019 and the developers Dec 31 2019.

 

[chispas]

Where I worked the sales staff interpreted 2018 as Jan 1 2019 and the developers Dec 31 2019.

Hahaha exactly! Software eng here, I was thinking "well, they have 14 months to release something that looks like this"

 

[Wooloomooloo]

a) I'm VERY skeptical.
b) There's no guarantee that any existing car will get this feature. Look for Super Auto Pilot to be available for $6000 ($8000 after delivery) to replace the current EAP option. It actually will do less than EAP or AP1 when delivered, but the future enhancements due within a countable number of months will more than make up for that.

You should have a drink, and then a nice lie down...

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

a) I'm VERY skeptical.
b) There's no guarantee that any existing car will get this feature. Look for Super Auto Pilot to be available for $6000 ($8000 after delivery) to replace the current EAP option. It actually will do less than EAP or AP1 when delivered, but the future enhancements due within a countable number of months will more than make up for that.

Oh, you're right, there's no guarantee. But Smart Summon is listed as an EAP feature, not an FSD feature which means that the (non-)driver is responsible. At low speed it use the sensors as a fallback.

So, I don't think this is a bit stretch.

 

[Wooloomooloo]

What happens if two Teslas see the same spot at the same time?

 

[jeffro01]

LOL... No way is Tesla that close to being able to offer this. No way. Assuming NoA is representative of the current state of AP development, they have a LOOOOOOONNNNNGGGGGG way to go... Years...

Jeff

 

[PhatCat]

What happens if two Teslas see the same spot at the same time?

That would violate the Tesla exclusion principle. FSD Teslas will be quantum phenomena.

 

[Bladerskb]

 

[mongo]

LOL... No way is Tesla that close to being able to offer this. No way. Assuming NoA is representative of the current state of AP development, they have a LOOOOOOONNNNNGGGGGG way to go... Years...

Jeff

If difficulty scales with kinetic energy, 5 MPH in a parking lot should be 0.6% the difficulty of 65 MPH NoA. This brings in the 6 month high end time limit to 1 day. If it scales linearly, then it'll be ready in a couple weeks.

(sign reading doesn't scale at all, so it may be 6 months...)

 

[Darren Donovan]

"next year" in Elon years or in our normal, commonly used calendar?

 

[Xenoilphobe]

Which calendar are they using? List of calendars - Wikipedia

 

[chispas]

What happens if two Teslas see the same spot at the same time?

They do rock paper scissors