Tesla has just filed for a new "deep learning" patent to enhance the performance of their cars. The entire eligible fleet will get the new system when it is released.
This OTA update thing really sets Tesla apart from the other manufacturers. They can release an imperfect system when it is available and then send updates to make it better as technology improves. FREE TOO!
We need to stop praising Tesla for this, same way everyone needs to stop praising game companies for shipping half-complete games that get free (or even paid, actually) updates later. It sets Tesla apart, but not necessarily in a good way 100% of the time.
Most of us bought a Tesla knowing that we're still paying early adopter pricing for EV drivetrains. Not all of us bought a Tesla knowing there were half-baked features
depending on Tesla to update them in the future with a
hopefully finally good solution. They're obviously struggling with things like Auto wipers (taking over 2 years now?) even though the physical design of the car relies on it being dependable.
I feel like people would praise Tesla for shipping out a defective safety-critical system just because they can update it later.
Oh wait, THEY DID with the braking distance/ABS issue.. The ability to send out something of low performance is entirely too appealing to use as a crutch.
Of course, there's also regressions in behaviour. Some of it is trivial (Sentry cam corrupting files more often, Spotify locking up everything but FM radio until a reboot, etc.). Some of it has been more worrisome (e.g. the issues with emergency lane departure avoidance inappropriately triggering and sending people closer to oncoming traffic). Heck, even for the ABS issue mentioned above, it's not like people are actively monitoring that braking doesn't get worse with every update. Hopefully they are internally, but they obviously didn't have eyes on it prior to the CR report.
It's not inconceivable to think we're mere steps away from Tesla receiving massive fines and/or backlash over this modern software mentality being applied to 4000lb hunks of metal moving down the road.
Well...don’t misunderstand me. They worked well, but then again so do my Model 3 auto wipers. They just weren’t perfect. If you left your Golf outside while it rained, the windshield would be covered in rain and it wouldn’t auto wipe that away until you reached 15-20mph for the initial wipe. Crazy. So I always had to manually wipe first in that car.
My Model 3 doesn’t have that issue. The only issue I’ve noticed is the random wipes in the pitch black or in my garage, but that seems to have only started in the last update or so. Bizarre. When it’s actually raining they’ve been flawless.
I had that same issue with the Model 3. Had an even covering of water on the windshield, started going and it "rippled" so I was unable to see. In my admittedly worrisome panic, I hit the park button instead of the wipe button a couple times before I figured out what I was doing wrong (this was in the span of about 2 seconds of not being able to see going ~30mph). Auto wipers were on and did nothing.
The "phantom wipes" in the dark used to be present as well (ask those that went to drive in theaters... though good luck finding those people
), I think they've just gotten more prevalent now.
