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by dkoston 2792 days ago
You’re going to be disappointed for quite some time then. Most of the improvements to autopilot in the near future will be refinement of the cars reactions to sensor data and not new public facing features. They are closing in on the line where regulation does not allow for further “self driving” festures. Having the car change lanes itself is “self driving” and that’s why the driver must initiate the lane change. The same argument can be made about stopping at stop signs and red lights which is the next killer iteration of driver assist. Hopefully there will be enough data collected and good decisions made to allow for iterative improvements to driver assist features which would improve overall traffic safety.
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danielmg 2791 days ago
My 2018 Mercedes E class can do lane changes - I just have to put the signal on and it does the rest. They call it "Drive Pilot". It seems to be just as advanced as Tesla but much less "marketed".
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dkoston 2791 days ago
Yup, Audi offers similar driver assists with lane changes(https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/technology-lexicon-7180/...), Land Rover has lane keeping (https://www.landrover.com/ownership/incontrol/driver-assista...), so do Honda/Acura (https://www.acura.com/rlx/modals/lane-keeping-assist-system-...) and many more.

I agree that Tesla overhypes their system the most and that contributes to consumer confusion. They use the classic Silicon Valley tactic of making their features which are comparable to competitors seem light years ahead through marketing. On one hand, it sucks for consumers, on the other hand, this type of advertising is rampant and they are playing the game.

Tesla’s over promising does erode trust. There’s only so many times you can promise stuff that’s obviously overhyped or years out (FSD) before consumers will stop believing the hype.

What’s interesting about Tesla is that almost all of their controversy is self inflicted by Elon’s comments.

What’s not clear to me is if this is intentional as he wants to stay in the news cycle or if it’s driven by his ego.

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