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Hopefully they will extend the 39ft range limit in an upcoming software update. As long as people stay under the radar and not post anything crazy on youtube.
I think about 1% of people will end up really using this, ones with a tight garage where they benefit by getting out of car before pulling in/out - have few neighbors with 1 car garages like that (but no MS).
For the most part, people posting videos have spacious 2-3+ car garages and this takes about 10x longer than actually getting in the car and driving out yourself. That, and usually our cars are plugged in at home.
I think about 1% of people will end up really using this, ones with a tight garage where they benefit by getting out of car before pulling in/out - have few neighbors with 1 car garages like that (but no MS).
For the most part, people posting videos have spacious 2-3+ car garages and this takes about 10x longer than actually getting in the car and driving out yourself. That, and usually our cars are plugged in at home.
I think about 1% of people will end up really using this, ones with a tight garage where they benefit by getting out of car before pulling in/out - have few neighbors with 1 car garages like that (but no MS).
For the most part, people posting videos have spacious 2-3+ car garages and this takes about 10x longer than actually getting in the car and driving out yourself. That, and usually our cars are plugged in at home.
With all due respect I disagree. Imagine your car way out in the "back 40" of the parking lot, you're on the 5th floor of the building and summon your car to drive itself to the front of the building. It's now there waiting on you when you walk out the door. Pretty cool concept if you ask me.
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Free valet parking!
Handling the garage door works pretty well too. I wish I took a video. Upon summon, the car backed up to the close garage door, stopped, opened the garage door, pulled in and parked, then shut the door. Pretty cool, but not particularly useful.
On the other hand, I wanted to see if the garage door would open automatically when pulling the car out. Naturally I was watching this very closely. I told the car to go forward (out) of the garage with the door down. Bump, right into the door. Fortunately, not even a scratch on the nosecone. I'm wondering why the door wasn't pickup up by the sensors.
I'd very much like this to be set up so I can tell the car exactly where in my garage to park. Currently it just parks more or less in the middle of the spot, but that limits how much I can open my other cars' door.
Cool... not very useful... but still very cool.
I can see our kids looking back at these videos and laughing --then again, if they lose the ability to actually drive a car the laugh would be hollow. That's the real ironic thing about autopilot. One day (many years from now) it will surpass our ability to drive, and at that point it will likely be considered negligent, or rather criminal, to allow humans to drive, unless it is for sport -- like riding horses, but not for transportation, and not on public roads.
If I had to get up every day and let my Tesla drive me to and from work, without any ability for me to drive it, that would sure be sad. (And, needless to say, that thread here about people complaining about how long it took to release auto pilot will sure be looked at in a different light!)
Cool... not very useful... but still very cool.
I can see our kids looking back at these videos and laughing --then again, if they lose the ability to actually drive a car the laugh would be hollow. That's the real ironic thing about autopilot. One day (many years from now) it will surpass our ability to drive, and at that point it will likely be considered negligent, or rather criminal, to allow humans to drive, unless it is for sport -- like riding horses, but not for transportation, and not on public roads.
If I had to get up every day and let my Tesla drive me to and from work, without any ability for me to drive it, that would sure be sad. (And, needless to say, that thread here about people complaining about how long it took to release auto pilot will sure be looked at in a different light!)
I would not say "many years from now", I would say "a few years from now", as in two or three for Tesla vehicles and some other manufacturers. Keep in mind that right now Google's autonomous cars have been proven to be safer than human drivers based on their driving record. The Google cars are not yet a product that is on the market. Not yet...One day (many years from now) it will surpass our ability to drive, and at that point it will likely be considered negligent, or rather criminal, to allow humans to drive, unless it is for sport...