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Still Waiting for Elon's Blog Post on Autopilot Update...
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siucity
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NikeWings
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I'd prefer Elon just confiscate our CIDs and stream himself live for all updates/pressers etc.
We are, after all, his most interested audience.
We are, after all, his most interested audience.
theslimshadyist
Active Member
Now, UFO proof!!!
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The net effect of this, combined with the fact that radar sees through most visual obscuration, is that the car should almost always hit the brakes correctly even if a UFO were to land on the freeway in zero visibility conditions.
Taking this one step further, a Tesla will also be able to bounce the radar signal under a vehicle in front - using the radar pulse signature and photon time of flight to distinguish the signal - and still brake even when trailing a car that is opaque to both vision and radar. The car in front might hit the UFO in dense fog, but the Tesla will not..."
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The net effect of this, combined with the fact that radar sees through most visual obscuration, is that the car should almost always hit the brakes correctly even if a UFO were to land on the freeway in zero visibility conditions.
Taking this one step further, a Tesla will also be able to bounce the radar signal under a vehicle in front - using the radar pulse signature and photon time of flight to distinguish the signal - and still brake even when trailing a car that is opaque to both vision and radar. The car in front might hit the UFO in dense fog, but the Tesla will not..."
Model S M.D.
Ludicrous Radiologist
Todd Burch
14-Year Member
Great upgrades. I'm hoping the car will better handle hills and not dive left or right when going over them while not following another car.
siucity
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First time I read through it, I was thinking why UFOs? Then I remembered Elon...
Camera-Cruiser
Fully Charged
Via Twitter. New mode can be enabled that when not using AP, car will still auto steer to avoid accident or going off highway. Interesting.
Oops, got that tweet right, but looks like it was partially wrong based on reading the press release. The car will warn you if it thinks you are about to leave the highway if driving manually. Even though I think I like the tweets interpretation better.
Oops, got that tweet right, but looks like it was partially wrong based on reading the press release. The car will warn you if it thinks you are about to leave the highway if driving manually. Even though I think I like the tweets interpretation better.
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I thought it was interesting that he said expert users were more likely to ignore AP warnings vs new AP users.
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mspohr
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I personally am very excited about the possibility of avoiding UFOs.
Dynastar
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Ulmo
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Its brains are better (and possibly the optic nerves and other sensory nerves as well, depending on the modules programmed). I liken comparing these two software versions to comparing a sick senile frail dying worn out uneducated less intelligent 90 year old person and a smart healthy athletic 15 year old. In the case of going from AP software v7x -> v8x, it's much less extreme, more like comparing an average 2 year old to an average 3 year old, but still ... the comparison is in general improvement.
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mspohr
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I'm eager to have this...
- Car offsets in lane when overtaking a slower vehicle driving close to its lane edge
Model S M.D.
Ludicrous Radiologist
I'm excited about:
- Approximately 200 small enhancements that aren't worth a bullet point
Todd Burch
14-Year Member
Trev Page
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Todd Burch
14-Year Member
Me too. Totally would have been worth 200 bullet points.
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