Tesla Talk

They’ve promised a ~3x improvement with v12.5, but according to crowdsourced data (from the people who deal with this stuff daily), v12.5 is actually worse than v12.3. "Progress"

 “miles between disengagement.” Pretty convenient that they won’t release any data on that, though might be because improvements are taking a scenic route?

Then you have ASS(actually smart summon). I've seen a few posts on reddit where users damaged their cars because Tesla ASS didn't see obvious obstacles/objects. "Progress"

if the self driving isn’t at zero fail rate, then it’s pointless. I don’t want to be in a car that slams into a wall every 100k or 200k miles, and if I need to watch it attentively to intervene then it’s easier to drive the bloody thing.

I won’t claim to be an amazing driver, but in 20 years and many miles I have had one crash that was due to a bad surface on one of the then new m50 junctions. I am all for my car having driving aids like automatic braking, but who would put their lives and those of their family in the hands of a computer that may actually and literally crash!!!

I agree, in the meantime even by the most optimistic of estimates my family would be all wiped out in a horror collision within a few years of using it exclusively, and therein lies the issue!

I quoted that for posterity. We shall see 😁

they are an order of magnitude better than computers. There is also a control thing. A human can drive different when they want to be safer, eg most people drive slower when their children are in the car.

Market reacting very positively on Trump re-election. TSLA up 13% already on the day. Pity I didn't have the appetite to take the risk on it 😂

You made a choice, declared it to all and it has not worked out as you would have hopedthaat is the risk of the market…..

Not sure its as simple of "simply hitching his horses to the bandwagon", Musk made a strategic decision and took a very active role in terms of monetary support but also use of the X platform and his extensive reach to drive and shape the success of the election. In a closely contested election arguably this factor alone could have changed the result …..of course it is these dynamics that have pushed the surge and the market has given its view…..

I think getting regulatory support will always be the biggest hurdle Musk faces. Regulators are naturally going to be conservative, meaning getting FSD that relies on vision only was always going to be a tough ask.

That ask may well be looking somewhat easier.

Its going to be an interesting space to watch Tesla next year also given Trumps attitudes to EVs & renewables in general.

More to do crypto-sceptic Sherrod Brown losing his Senate seat and thus losing chairmanship of the Senate Banking Committee. The Crypto Bros pumped sh1tloads of money into his Republican opponent's campaign on a bid to unseat him, and potentially open up looser regulations.

Autopilot should be a good indication of what FSD has to offer, but it's crap. Autopilot is undoubtedly the least reliable ADAS system I've ever used, I don't care what NCAP ratings say, real world Irish climate - its crap. Sharing @ELM327 experience, I get countless bingbongs due to darkness, glare, rain, etc. If the system struggles with basic functionality under common conditions, where other manufacturers’ systems perform much better, it’s unrealistic to expect it to perform flawlessly in more complex scenarios.

Cameras are essential as part of a suite of ADAS sensors for redundancy; cameras alone cannot provide the necessary depth perception, redundancy, and environmental understanding required for safe FSD, especially in unfavorable weather like we always have in Ireland.

Musk is a cult of personality, like trump. Believing Musk is like voting for Trump; people completely ignore the past, ignore his promises, ignore his lies, and blindly believe his every word. The amount of positive comments I read online about Musk is crazy. Some people talk like he actually builds cars, rockets, whatever, with his bare hands. Musk invented this or that, blah blah. He surrounds himself with sycophants.

He constantly pushes this nonsense about Tesla being a technology company because technology is easy to promise and pump.