Hi all,
I've driven about 2500km now, most of it with autopilot engaged and encountered several issues chiefly to do with speed limit detection. It appears that my brand new 2020 Model S Performance simply does not read speed limits from camera input. I've driven through a dozen roadworks zones where the limit was clearly signposted as 80km/h (down from 110 or 100km/h) and not in a single instance did it recognise it. All of those roadworks signs were analog signs, i.e. no LED signs which might not be legible by the camera because of frame rate chopping.
While using navigate on autopilot I've encountered some far worse issues: The car suddenly thinks the limit is 40km/h (in a 100km/h) zone - it shows 40km/h limit on the dash - and breaks abruptly. Rear-ending almost ensued on that one! While in the Lane Cove tunnel in Sydney (80km/h limit) it suddenly slowed to 60km/h showing the corresponding limit. It seemed to think I was not in the tunnel but on streets above. The problem corrected itself after exiting from the tunnel. On the map however it did show me correctly as being on the M2 heading towards Sydney.
This kind of stuff is worthy of reporting to Tesla, however, they don't seem to have a technical fault report email address where I could provide them with exact date/time stamps and video footage. Does anybody know how to get in touch with them?
On the upside, the autosteer has worked flawlessly so far. The only places it gets confused are places where I get confused also. The markings for the time of day dependent lane switches in the Sydney Harbour Bridge area are nothing short of criminally negligent - I've never understood how they get away with that.
I've driven about 2500km now, most of it with autopilot engaged and encountered several issues chiefly to do with speed limit detection. It appears that my brand new 2020 Model S Performance simply does not read speed limits from camera input. I've driven through a dozen roadworks zones where the limit was clearly signposted as 80km/h (down from 110 or 100km/h) and not in a single instance did it recognise it. All of those roadworks signs were analog signs, i.e. no LED signs which might not be legible by the camera because of frame rate chopping.
While using navigate on autopilot I've encountered some far worse issues: The car suddenly thinks the limit is 40km/h (in a 100km/h) zone - it shows 40km/h limit on the dash - and breaks abruptly. Rear-ending almost ensued on that one! While in the Lane Cove tunnel in Sydney (80km/h limit) it suddenly slowed to 60km/h showing the corresponding limit. It seemed to think I was not in the tunnel but on streets above. The problem corrected itself after exiting from the tunnel. On the map however it did show me correctly as being on the M2 heading towards Sydney.
This kind of stuff is worthy of reporting to Tesla, however, they don't seem to have a technical fault report email address where I could provide them with exact date/time stamps and video footage. Does anybody know how to get in touch with them?
On the upside, the autosteer has worked flawlessly so far. The only places it gets confused are places where I get confused also. The markings for the time of day dependent lane switches in the Sydney Harbour Bridge area are nothing short of criminally negligent - I've never understood how they get away with that.