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  • cosmic_slate@dmv.socialEnglish
    25·
    9 months ago

    Which is already abusing the feature. These are driver assist features, not driver replacement.

        • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          92·
          9 months ago

          Are you serious?

          Autopilot

          Full Self Driving

          “Our cars will travel from the east coast to west coast of the US without any human intervention by 2017”

          “Your model 3 will be like an automated taxi earning money for you while you’re not using it!”

          Etc.

          Tesla is always making out like their cars can drive themselves and it’s just the law that’s preventing cars from driving themselves about unaided.

          • cosmic_slate@dmv.socialEnglish
            26·
            9 months ago

            Where are you getting that from?

            Here. I’ll show you mine:

            https://www.tesla.com/model3/design#overview

            Scroll down to the feature add-ons.

            Full Self-Driving Capability

            $12,000

            Your car will be able to drive itself almost anywhere with minimal driver intervention and will continuously improve

            All functionality of Basic Autopilot and Enhanced Autopilot

            Autosteer on city streets

            Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control

            The currently enabled features require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous. The activation and use of these features are dependent on achieving reliability far in excess of human drivers as demonstrated by billions of miles of experience, as well as regulatory approval, which may take longer in some jurisdictions. As these self-driving features evolve, your car will be continuously upgraded through over-the-air software updates.

            Maybe I’m a bit out-there but the bolded section seems to indicate to me that this is something I need to pay attention to the road while using, and am told this before I add the feature to the car before checkout.