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Everybody is aware it's not going to be flawless out of the gate, or perhaps ever. That's not the point.
They're saying using cameras and only cameras is a bad idea and makes "Autopilot" inherently subpar in situations where cameras don't work so well.
Sure, but having actually driven one instead of commenting on the internet, the issues that have come up with AP/FSD have seem to be more data related (speed limits causing slowdowns).
When there are vision issues the car complains and it's up to you as the driver to take control. I don't care how many sensors are on/not on the car, if it tells you it can't handle the situation safely, that's now on you as the driver.
Plus, vision-only drivers assist isn’t new and Tesla isn’t the first on the road with it. I’ll let you figure out which particularly popular Japanese brand known for their crossovers 😉
Never go full fanboy... try actually understanding what people are telling you, why fail safes are good idea, why redundancy systems are implemented, etc.
Your anecdotal experience of "I drive in fog and rain and its been good" means nothing...
Hey, I recognize the system has its faults but a number of people simply base opinions on bad faith arguments and articles soliciting clicks.
Radar/lidar isn’t the magic end-all-be-all that internet automotive commenter-engineers claim.
I’m sorry you disagree with what I’m presenting.
Except for when it doesn't and the car plows straight into the back of a lorry. Or runs over a teenager getting off a school bus. Etc.
Which is already abusing the feature. These are driver assist features, not driver replacement.
No, as per Tesla's marketing, they are driver replacements
Source?
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.
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.
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.
A small print disclaimer doesn't undo years of marketing your cars as fully self driving