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Tesla Autopilot 17.7.2 Fails

DeRage · 43.9K views · 2017-02-26 · 25:16

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A driver tests Tesla Model S Autopilot firmware 17.7.2 on hardware 2.0 and records numerous failures, including crossing to the wrong side of the road.

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Cited critically as evidence that early Autopilot 2 was unsafe and overpromised.

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bsaul · 2017-10 · Criticism

Your comment made me wonder whether i hadn't miss anything : are car actually able to drive themselves in clear condition at the moment ? I've seen the demos of the start ups in the valley, the local experiments, but i'm still waiting for a single real-world deployment, even limited to local driving, such as city to city taxi driving, or item delivery. On the other hand, i did hear of the trouble with tesla's autopilot "2" not driving properly on regular roads under the sun ( [VIDEO] ).

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haberman · 2017-06 · Criticism

I just saw their latest marketing literature on their website. They promise: > All Tesla vehicles produced in our factory, including Model 3, have the hardware needed for full self-driving capability at a safety level substantially greater than that of a human driver. [LINK] It seems somewhat irresponsible to promise that you have enough hardware to achieve something that nobody has ever achieved before, with any hardware. Tesla has plenty of impressive-looking videos on their website of autopilot working well, but if you Google for "Tesla autopilot fail" you can also find plenty of stuff like this, which is just surprisingly bad: [VIDEO] Tesla strikes me as over-promising and under-delivering here. I wouldn't want to work in a division like that.

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owenversteeg · 2017-04 · Criticism

Elsewhere on HN, someone posted this video: [VIDEO] This was my comment reply: Wow. That guy is going nineteen miles per hour on a simple road in daylight and the car literally crossed to the wrong side of the road in nine seconds! That's an absolute disaster.

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