I live in northern Europe (Norway) and FSD is not active here yet, but Autopilot is. During our easter holidays I drove a MYLR (rented) which is a 2022 model made in Shanghai. It has Autopilot and capable of previewing FSD. I updated the software in the car just before the trip (to 11.3.something).
The 1000-mile trip experience is summed up here:
I will get a midnight cherry red MYLR sometime later this year which will give a good comparison between Berlin made and Shanghai made MYLR. As others have noted, the suspension is a little stiff on the Shanghai car. With a fully loaded car being close to 6000 lbs, it handles well. Icy roads tend to get a little "bumpy" in spring time, so stiff suspension might be a good thing actually. I have added the $6000 FSD feature to my order. Slightly costly for something that doesn't work...
The 1000-mile trip experience is summed up here:
- The Autopilot works quite well on highways and larger roads with proper road markings. Snow, ice, dirt or other things that either wear away or obscures the road striping seems to confuse the Autopilot somewhat. Still, its able to show were the road is going most of the time, but not always. If the striping is gone for more than 50 meters, Autopilot often disengages (I am surprised by how little striping can be left with the Autopilot still working). I have been driving for up to 1 hour without problems for some stretches (bare roads).
- I started out with roof bars and nothing on them. The reason was that I picked up a roof rack for skis on the way. It was a Skiguard 830S that is a compact rack for skis up to 210cm length (about 82inches). The good thing with it is that its height is only 27 cm (11 inches) and it has a slightly curved form that matches the MY and its roof bars. Projected range and actual range was not much affected for lower speeds (80kmp/50mph), but was more affected at higher speed (110kph/70mph). Autopilot seems to understeer with the roof rack on (when full). It gets closer to the road edge on left turns and closer to oncoming traffic for right turns. The understeering is less for slower speeds.
- The Autopilot has problems with roads that does not have a central striping between driving directions. Smaller roads doesn't have this here. The rule is simple: No central striping on the road, don't switch on the Autopilot.
- The Autopilot system seems to read the speed signs correctly unless they are LED-based speed signs. Parallell roads can also confuse the speed limit. The car position on the map seems to be a little off.. which sometimes results in the car position "jumping" to another road... Maybe its a calibration thing, but still confusing.
- In highways, traffic entering the road has a speed lane that merges from the right towards the rightmost lane. In the merging section there is no striping between the speed lane and the rightmost lane. The car will "wiggle" to the right then to the left again as it thinks the road gets broader.
- Phantom braking is a nuisance here as everywere else. It happens much more often in sunny conditions or with yellow/black striped warning signs within sight. Some incidences are mild (less than 10kph speed change), but a few are harder (>30 kph/20mph speed change). I had a hard break that happened inside a tunnel with no other traffic in sight...
- Low sun(-light) can obscure the cameras. This will disable the Autopilot.
- Supercharging on the MYLR is awesome. Route planning is much better than any other car I have had. Not really an Autopilot thing, but I had to add it.
I will get a midnight cherry red MYLR sometime later this year which will give a good comparison between Berlin made and Shanghai made MYLR. As others have noted, the suspension is a little stiff on the Shanghai car. With a fully loaded car being close to 6000 lbs, it handles well. Icy roads tend to get a little "bumpy" in spring time, so stiff suspension might be a good thing actually. I have added the $6000 FSD feature to my order. Slightly costly for something that doesn't work...
