On 29/05/2019 9:59 PM, Stephen Loosley wrote:
“It’s incredibly nearsighted. It doesn’t appear to react to brake lights or
turn signals, it can’t anticipate what other drivers will do, and as a result,
you constantly have to be one step ahead of it.”
Yikes.
A Tesla spokesperson retaliated and said: “Navigate on Autopilot is based on
map data, fleet data, and data from the vehicle’s sensors. However, it is the
driver’s responsibility to remain in control of the car at all times, including
safely executing lane changes.”
Sounds like this is a transition stage. IF (before the planet succumbs
and driving is an "old world" problem) we live long enough (which I
won't) to see the entire driving fleet change to these auto sensors on
the same frequencies I might add, then this autodrive stuff might be
useful in terms of movement. I get the use of cameras to assist
(brilliant safety addition, better than the beeps) and near contact
avoidance systems (slowing down the vehicle before a crash), but I'm not
expecting this to be a smooth transition because of the sunk capital in
the existing vehicle fleet. More likely to get the electric/hybrid
conversion because that is internal to the vehicle. Complete ecosystems
are very difficult to change.
Jan
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