Poll: when will On-ramp to Off-ramp be released?

[strangecosmos]

The phrasing and framing of the question definitely makes a huge difference. In the previous poll, people voted 10:1 against On-ramp to Off-ramp being released by the end of 2018. In this poll, so far it’s 50/50. I think people misunderstood the question the first time around. I wasn’t sure how to phrase it clearly, and didn’t provide the necessary context.

 

[Tam]

...makes a huge difference...

Yes! Please admit it: Your words are powerful!!!!!!

 

[strangecosmos]

Electrek has published what it claims is an excerpt from the Autopilot v9 release notes, gleaned from early access testers:

Our newest Autopilot convenience feature, designed to get you to your destination more efficiently by guiding your car on and off the highway. Navigate on Autopilot intelligently suggests lane changes to keep you on your route in addition to making adjustments so you don’t get stuck behind slow cars or trucks.

When Navigate on Autopilot is active, a single blue line indicates the path ahead, keeping your car in the lane. Gray lines highlight lane changes for a more efficient driving route. Navigate on Autopilot will also automatically steer toward and take the correct highway interchanges and exits based on your destination.

You can enable Navigate on Autopilot by going to Controls > Autopilot and first enabling Autosteer. For each route where Navigate on Autopilot is available, you have the option of enabling the feature by pressing the button located in the Navigation Turn List.

From what Electrek is saying, Navigate on Autopilot sounds a lot like On-ramp to Off-ramp. Although “intelligently suggests lane changes” sounds different from automatically makes lane changes.

(Also, the Autopilot interface allegedly now visualizes trucks and motorcycles, not just cars as in previous versions. And there is allegedly a new feature to prevent crashes caused by accidental sudden acceleration. Plus more stuff.)

 

[strangecosmos]

A new article from Electrek potentially brings clarification on how lane changes will work in Navigate on Autopilot. Electrek claims this text appears in the v9 user interface:

By default, Navigate on Autopilot requires the driver to confirm automatically-initiated lane changes by pushing the turn signal in the intended direction of the lane change.

You may choose to disable the turn signal confirmation for automatically-initiated lane changes, but you must be aware that lane changes may happen quickly and at any time. Disabling the turn signal confirmation does NOT alleviate the driver of responsibility to keep their hands on wheel and carefully monitor the vehicle’s surroundings.

So, according to this article, whether Navigate on Autopilot merely “intelligently suggests lane changes” or actually automatically takes lane changes is a user setting.

 

[Tam]

Well, well, well!

As when I raised some speculation that it's here with Tesla team already but it's a matter when Tesla would be willing to take the heat of criticism for the imperfection and release it.

Well, the heat is here at last:

Navigate on Autopilot is Useless (2018.42.3)

I am glad that Tesla decided to release it even in an imperfect condition because I love to be a test pilot

 

[strangecosmos]

Yes, and people are driving an estimated 2.2 million miles on Enhanced Autopilot every day. If 5% of that is Navigate on Autopilot, that’s 110,000 miles per day / 770,000 miles per week / 3.3 million miles per month. That rate will be increasing too because Tesla is making about 6500 cars per week. Hopefully that data will allow for steady improvement, so that a year from now it will be as much improved as Autosteer is from a year ago.