Who is going to try out autopilot?

[Khatsalano]

What's the average age of a Tesla Model S buyer? It's an expensive car. Expensive cars are typically bought by older people. Older people are typically more cautious. ergo, QED, ipso facto, or something.

I live in the SF Bay Area. I don't see old people driving this car, but rather, I see all kinds of people driving this car.

Here, first autopilot video is out: https://youtu.be/Cw7Esg-txR0

 

[johnbro23]

I wonder if Tesla will see an increase in data consumption as people use the web browser while driving.. That would be an interesting behavioral experiment

 

[AlanSqB]

Does this mean this person who eats cereal whilst driving might want a Tesla now?

Hey everybody, sleep in. You can shave in the car now!

 

[MikeBur]

I live in the SF Bay Area. I don't see old people driving this car, but rather, I see all kinds of people driving this car.

Here, first autopilot video is out: https://youtu.be/Cw7Esg-txR0

First bug spotted? Note the left rear sensor false positives for a car in driver side blind spot, even though the car is in left-most lane @1:17. Can I change my vote? Heh, who am I kidding? ;-)

 

[Cyclone]

First bug spotted? Note the left rear sensor false positives for a car in driver side blind spot, even though the car is in left-most lane @1:17. Can I change my vote? Heh, who am I kidding? ;-)

A "car", or something in his blind spot, like guardrail?

 

[green1]

First bug spotted? Note the left rear sensor false positives for a car in driver side blind spot, even though the car is in left-most lane @1:17. Can I change my vote? Heh, who am I kidding? ;-)
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The defect is that the sensor occasionally doesn't see something there. Keep in mind there's a pretty solid looking barrier along that side the whole time.

Either way though, it's irrelevant, the current autopilot doesn't change lanes without human interaction, so it doesn't matter if it can accurately see something there.

 

[spentan]

The defect is that the sensor occasionally doesn't see something there. Keep in mind there's a pretty solid looking barrier along that side the whole time.

Either way though, it's irrelevant, the current autopilot doesn't change lanes without human interaction, so it doesn't matter if it can accurately see something there.

Considering he seems to be playing with the stalks a lot, could he have been trying to change into the lane to the left of him, and side collision warning is notifying him that there is an obstacle there and therefore it won't do it???

 

[1208]

Who is going to be the first to try it on this road?

 

[richrootes]

It's already Thursday in Australia. Wonder if anyone there has got the notification yet....?

 

[roblab]

Be careful out there until you know your limits (or should I say the AP limits). My worry is that even though people are still legally responsible for the actions of the car that we will get someone who tries the AP in a situation is was not designed for and someone will get hurt.

That's what "trying it out" is for.

 

[thegruf]

Who is going to be the first to try it on this road?

lol - any SCs up there?

mind you get some good regen on the way down to the coast Pacific side iirc

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It's already Thursday in Australia. Wonder if anyone there has got the notification yet....?

thought is was US only first; ROW in a few weeks?

 

[chrisdken]

I will try it ASAP on my 35 mile commute from SF to my work off Sand Hill Rd!

 

[Zapped]

Still driving my Signature so I won't be using it. But I know a few P85D owners ....:wink:

 

[yo mama]

I really want to get it figured out on my own... so that I can then take my family for a ride, not tell them about it, and just take my hands off the wheel and fold my arms.

 

[MattM]

I want to use Autopilot asap but... My car just told me a few days ago that it can't start autopilot and I can't get in for service until the 28th

 

[greentee]

I wonder if Tesla will see an increase in data consumption as people use the web browser while driving.. That would be an interesting behavioral experiment

That's exactly what Tesla would want: real life data for autopilot!!!

Consider that Google only has 23 SUVs driving a total of 1 million miles in 3 years or so. And let's assume that Tesla has 40000 cars capable of autopilot (definitely more by now). They could potentially collect 1 million autopilot miles in a day!

 

[donv]

More importantly, who is going to be first to figure out how to defeat the nag?

It'll be pretty pathetic if I can leave my hands off the wheel longer in my non-autopilot car than in an autopilot-enabled car!

 

[Haddock]

Who is going to be the first to try it on this road?

That would be a challenge! From Wikipedia:

Bolivia has right-hand traffic, with the exception of the notorious El Camino de la Muerte ("The Road of Death")—or simply known as Yungas Road, where it drives on left. The reason for this configuration is to help drivers see their outer wheel while traversing the road.