Calisaar
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The little thing I'll miss from my Nissan X-Trail is the overhead view when reversing or using the 'Camera' button. I'm really surprised Tesla don't already do it, can't be that difficult with all the cameras around the car.
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I'm really surprised Tesla don't already do it
There are a number of things that it seems surprising that Tesla haven't done ...
Someone is setting some priorities somewhere of course ... and yet there are Easter Eggs in abundance (supposedly written in employee's own time ...)
Being able to read speed signs, on AP2+, seems, to me, a very significant thing not to have prioritised
Works fine on Nissan Leaf, have to say I'd assumed it would be standard on all Teslas...Isn't speed limit recognition a requirement for all future features? Certainly GPS won’t cut it and other manufacturers already have visual recognition - and it works very well too from what I have seen.
Plus I think it is a future feature in FSD.
Of course, V2I would make visual recognition mostly redundant whilst allowing vehicles to be better informed of changing environments, such as VMS and traffic signals.
Works fine on Nissan Leaf, have to say I'd assumed it would be standard on all Teslas...
Variable - it can usually recognise temporary signs if they look like normal speed limit signs, but not usually variable signs (I'm not saying never...)just to check:
Can Leaf read a temporary road works speed sign, and a variable speed limit (i.e. on motorway Gantry light-boards) ?
I miss the overhead 360 degree camera view. How Tesla missed that feature considering how many cameras they have I will never know!
Will also miss having a heated steering wheel, but not such a big deal when you can pre-heat the whole cabin anyway.
I loved the all-around parking monitor on the 2018 LEAF. Was lovely being able to see a view all around the car (not just behind). But it's certainly something I could live without. Indeed I do now, my I-PACE doesn't have that feature and it's the most annoying car to park that I've owned. It's the chunkiest car I've owned.
Regarding speed limit recognition, I found it quite unreliable on roads around me. Lots of temporary speed limits going on and they were sometimes incorrectly read or not read. It got a few 20s and 30s mixed up as well. Mainly worked just fine, though.
I'm actually surprised to hear that the iPace doesn't have a 360 surround cam. Was it a paid option or simply not available?
I'm okay with the map based speed limit recognition. For the most part it works fine, although the speed database is quite out of date.
It includes what Jaguar calls the "Park Pack (360⁰ Parking Aid, Rear Traffic Monitor, Clear Exit Monitor and Park Assist)". The 360⁰ parking aid isn't a camera, it just gives audio-visual warnings when you're close to objects at various points of the vehicle. It is useful, but nowhere near as useful as actually being able to see the space around the vehicle. I don't find it helpful for positioning the car when parking forwards, for example. Although it does help avoid bumping into stuff I suppose!
I just drive the base-spec S model on a lease. The top-end HSE model includes the 360° Surround Camera. Or you can add it to other models for £2,300 as part of the "Driver Assist Pack".