New Tesla Today! Q About On-Ramps

[Wingsy]

Picked up my Tesla today. M3+ with full self driving.

80 miles to get home. Along the way I got off I-40 then got back on. I engaged autopilot at the start of the on-ramp. At the end, where the lane starts to narrow and I'm running over those big white arrows suggesting I merge left, autopilot stayed straight with no signs of merging. I had to take control when I was just starting to run out of runway.

My question is, was this a fluke or is that what it does? (I'll find out for myself in a day or 2 but I want to hear about your experience with on-ramps & autopilot.)

Also discovered that on rural roads with no speed limits posted, the max speed of autopilot is 45mph. Bummer.

Hey, another Q: When I got home and parked, the A/C shut off a minute or so after I got out. I left and came back about 10 minutes later and could hear a faint fan noise. What is this and when should it quit?

 

[zhu-]

Congrats on the new car!

Give AP another try, it might have been a fluke or not fully calibrated yet. What is your firmware version?

For the fan noise, were you charging? It could be the blower cooling the battery.

 

[Nocturnal]

Fan noise is normal, it's cooling off the battery/motors.

AP doesn't do that normally.

 

[Wingsy]

Thanks. Im gonna like this thing.

12.1.2

Wasn't charging.

 

[Wennfred]

There is a mode that keeps the cabin cool at all times so you can turn that off.

Fred

 

[Knightshade]

Picked up my Tesla today. M3+ with full self driving.

80 miles to get home. Along the way I got off I-40 then got back on. I engaged autopilot at the start of the on-ramp. At the end, where the lane starts to narrow and I'm running over those big white arrows suggesting I merge left, autopilot stayed straight with no signs of merging. I had to take control when I was just starting to run out of runway.

My question is, was this a fluke or is that what it does? (I'll find out for myself in a day or 2 but I want to hear about your experience with on-ramps & autopilot.)

Also discovered that on rural roads with no speed limits posted, the max speed of autopilot is 45mph. Bummer.

Hey, another Q: When I got home and parked, the A/C shut off a minute or so after I got out. I left and came back about 10 minutes later and could hear a faint fan noise. What is this and when should it quit?

So, technically, you're not supposed to be using AP at all on roads with undivided 2 way traffic (which is generally the type of road you're describing)

THAT said- you can hit the accelerator to make the car exceed 45 and it will continue to autosteer at the higher speed- but will keep popping up warnings that since the pedal is pressed the car will not brake automatically while you're doing that.

 

[ewoodrick]

With a Tesla, today isn't the last time that you will get a new car. Many software release add enough feature to make the car seem new again.
As a new user, the autopilot functions are going to take a little getting used to. Don't try the challenging things first, just start with autopilot on the Interstate (not on ramps).

 

[vikefan]

Generally speaking, you need to temper your expectations for now on how well EAP can perform under anything but the most simplistic driving requirements — i.e. driving for long distances on a freeway with minimal need for lane changes or merges.

While EAP is definitely better at handling merging lanes than it was ~6 months ago, it’s still not something that I expect the car to handle well, especially when there’s traffic that’s either merging into me or that I’m merging into. It’s a complex task that requires not just sensing your current surroundings but also anticipating what near future surroundings will be, and they just haven’t mastered those algorithms yet.

 

[brandonee916]

Picked up my Tesla today. M3+ with full self driving.

80 miles to get home. Along the way I got off I-40 then got back on. I engaged autopilot at the start of the on-ramp. At the end, where the lane starts to narrow and I'm running over those big white arrows suggesting I merge left, autopilot stayed straight with no signs of merging. I had to take control when I was just starting to run out of runway.

Enabling Navigate on Autopilot will allow handling of merging much better than standard AP. I use it all the time! I only enable AP/NOA after getting on the highway though because it tends to be a little on the slow side to merge into heavy traffic from my experience

 

[GregBallantyne]

When I first got mine AutoPilot needed more than 80 miles to calibrate, if I remember correctly..... but until calibration completed, AutoPilot was not available. If your was available, it must have completed calibration.