Come on down! You're the next contestant on The Autopilot-Release-Date Is Right...?

[Andyw2100]

From what I hear, Musk often known to wing it and shock the troops in the factory.
Intel's Otellini did it once with a TV technology chip - claimed it would be ready in 6 months.
Engineers wondered what he was talking about. Nothing happened in 6 months except cancellation of the project.

That could be. It seemed at the D event Musk might even have been doing that with respect to his reference to the charging snake. But it's certainly not the case with autopilot, as there were cars running autopilot, with lane keeping, at the D event. Yes, I understand that was a very controlled environment, but my point is Musk had not sprung that on the engineers that week or even that month.

 

[vitaliy]

I might win with that October 30 guess. Totally random.
PS. By the way, I'm glad wk057 is unbanned, not sure why banned/unbanned though.

 

[beeeerock]

I honestly had a long in-depth dream last night about driving with the new Autopilot. It worked amazingly well and I was completely impressed! Oddly enough, it looked exactly like the leaked shots we've all seen.

Imagine my disappointment when the clock-radio came on and <poof> it all went away... :crying:

 

[wk057]

Looks like everyone who picked a date this September or earlier is officially out today.

The Autopilot Release Date Is Right! - Google Sheets

 

[matbl]

Dammit. I just realized I missread how to pick a date. Well, I have a date in the future at least...

 

[tom66]

Hah, makes my 14th October guess seem conservative.
C'mon Tesla... I want that model...

 

[e-FTW]

October 24th.
Who would release a massive software update like that on a weekend you ask? Oh, I dunno, same guy who talks of creating two pulsating artificial suns at the Martian poles...

 

[Coiled]

Not to be a whiner, but my guess (Nov. 22) is not showing up in the spreadsheet. I posted it on 9/14 before entries were closed. I only mention it because a November release originally seemed like a long shot but it's starting to look better and better.

In any case, thanks to wk057 for running a great contest.

I think it's safe to say that the vast majority thought we'd have autosteer by now, myself included. The APiversary is just a few days away. A date that will live in infamy unless a miracle happens.

 

[toto_48313]

So it has to be tomorrow... otherwise, I'll not win the first price ;-)

 

[wk057]

Officially over half of the entries are now losing entries.

zzzzdoc's 10/30/2016 isn't seeming too crazy now.

 

[TaoJones]

Any day now...

About to embark upon a 9,000-mile road trip and am bummed about not having even the first iteration of active lane keeping yet. To be fair, in my mind Tesla has the entire rest of Q4 to release the first iterations of the remaining AP features before I will consider them late, and appreciate them taking the time to get it as right as time and current sensors will allow.

On a positive note, this last road trip of the year is scheduled over the next 6 weeks or so; therefore the odds are quite good that I'll have lane keeping for at least some of the legs.

I'll stick my neck out for Halloween as a delivery date, which would be perfect as we'll be in Key West and will probably appreciate every advantage after *that* bit of revelry for the ensuing drive home (see Official Fantasy Fest Website - Key West, Florida - especially the pics from past years and past themes).

 

[wk057]

Figured I'd just throw this out there....



Definitely not expecting a response, but what the heck. lol.

 

[Dwu0212]

Figured I'd just throw this out there....



Definitely not expecting a response, but what the heck. lol.

Lol please keep us updated on that!

Only In Tesla time several months > a year

 

[slevit1md]

To be fair, in my mind Tesla has the entire rest of Q4 to release the first iterations of the remaining AP features before I will consider them late...

Really? Whether you're upset about the delay or not, they're clearly late! It's now certain that it's going to be greater than a year from them saying several months to general availability of most autopilot features. I think most people were expecting 3-4 months, based on Elon's comments. The end of the summer was already pushing it, even with delays. Over a year is a bit ridiculous. And still, we have no idea when it's going to be released and it looks like it still will be missing a bunch of previously announced features.

 

[wk057]

Musk tweeted that v7 comes out Thursday........

 

[Brett]

Here's the tweet. 10/15/2015 it is!

 

[Stoneymonster]

Musk tweeted that v7 comes out Thursday........

That was the day I was going to pick before someone beat me to it!

 

[gizmoboy]

That was the day I was going to pick before someone beat me to it!

Hey, me too!

Also, last night's lottery numbers.

 

[mmccord]

Just so you know, 'on Thursday' in Elon standard time is Thursday, November 26th.

 

[wk057]

Well, if Mr. Musk is correct, then TMC user LineofSight will win first place. We'll see. I'll believe it when I see it.

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Just so you know, 'on Thursday' in Elon standard time is Thursday, November 26th.

Yeah, I figured he might be using some odd calendar as well.