So you have to drive along looking for a single space, not double or more? Seems a bit Mickey Mousey to me! And if that's the case it would oblige by parking any old how between the other cars, ignoring the lines. Or does it suddenly regain the ability to see the lines when you engage reverse? We should be told.......
for angle parking it appears to use the car on either side as reference.. i have noticed it seems to use the back line as reference of when to stop in the park space i.e.if no car to front or back (only sides) .. i think i need to try where there is no line or stopper to the back or front and no car either .. only with cars on either side. - have a feeling it will overshoot the space or stick out too much to the exit direction.
e.g angle parking
__________.
[ CAR ]
__________
< ---- [TESLA] reverse in or front in first
__________
[ CAR ]
for parallel it appears to again use the two cars in front and back as reference for the space in between.. this time no line but the curb as reference to the side of the car.
- I recall on AP1 on Model S it tended to park too close to the side/curb not taking into account space to allow doors on curb side to open so passengers could get out.
e.g. parallel parking
___________________CURB_________________
[ CAR ] ............ < ----\ .................. [ CAR ]
.....................................\
..................................... \ ______ [ TESLA ] reverse in
But otherwise it is very much human-like in its parking maneuver i.e. it will actually drive out of the space to correct or straighen itself up..quite uncanny at times.. but keep an eye on it especially if parking next to a pillar or post as have had it on two occassions steer towards a pillar to the left front fender
could have been a painful outcome - i did ask Tesla service technician and they said yeah it tends to 'not see' narrow vertical objects .. like what?? i mean with both B pillar camera and ultrasonic sensor on either side u'd think it surely should see very well.. (but then again the algorirthm may not be using the side cameras at all - just the ultrasonic sensor (effectively only 4 - RL, FL, RR and FR (with the rest covering the front and back ) to cover the sides of the car as is the case with the pre AP1 Model S's)
wonder if the B pillar cameras are actually even used yet? as why not capture for sentry / dashcam as well (additional two more feeds) - this would help for a wider angle of coverage to the front / sides of the car (the front camera used - doesn't have a wide enough view to capture what's happening on the front left and right most areas around the car - that's where the B pillar cameras are meant to cover at least)
p.s sorry about the terrible ascii drawing (ignore the dots ..only there to maintain drawing per line)
If only wasn't lazy to draw up something and attach it as an image (guess started having bit of fun with the ascii drawing
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