“In this respect, instead of warning you to place your hands on the wheel, the vehicle should return to a safe mode, which in this case would be to turn off the autopilot feature.”

Exactly. Everyone thinks they’re a great driver and someone (and now something) else is the problem.

“How about Tesla makes their assist feature harder to abuse? There’s no way the car should have kept driving for miles at a time with no involvement from the driver. It should shut off once the driver’s hands are off the wheel for more than 5-10 seconds, and even that’s being generous.”

“If you were to read Tesla’s literature without any other inputs, I bet over half the public would assume a Tesla system will do level 5 autonomy.”

As-in, people are usually injured, crash or die? Because that’s literally what happens, by the millions, each year.

I feel like this is true for a number of vehicles in the Toyota/Lexus lineup. They look polarizing in photos, but nicer in person.

Just give me a cite. I'm open to new information, but not hyperbole.

Tesla was illegally selling zero series model 3s? Gonna need a cite.

Doubt it, as I don’t believe demand is the problem the media makes it out to be. They were lowering prices, even in the early days of the Model 3 builds, when they were built-to-order (or sourced and paired, as they came off the assembly line), with full federal incentives.

“would not fly in a mass market car.”

“I promise those five screens are automotive grade because a company as big as Audi/VW/Porsche isn’t going to let anything else out the door.

I don’t think Tesla is keeping prices high, at all. Granted, they need to make profit in order to exist, but if you look at their lineup, there has been a dramatic reduction in price for all vehicles, while packing more performance for the money, just in the last year.

Agreed. In any scenario, it’s not like the controls for these common-use items are jumping around, in some random arrangement every different day. As with most any other type of interface, you get used to the proximity of the “button”, and you develop a good sense for how much time it takes to operate. Muscle memory…

Interestingly enough, when I go back to driving ICE cars, “passion” isn’t what comes to mind. “Lag” is more like it.

Further, the argument that “well the power’s gotta come from somewhere!” will be even more meaningless than it is today.

Great point. The “soul” stuff doesn’t really mean much. Gas cars are fun and I still like mine, but there are different types of fun to be had.

My issue with posts like these, is that they’re heavily based on speculation, but very rarely facts or actual experience.

Not only that, but I’d be damned if I’m trading the long list of EV benefits I literally enjoy daily, just to save an hour or so on an already long trip, once or twice a year...

I agree, I think we’ll get there, but I also think we’re moving at a fine pace. The idea is that most cars spend the majority of time parked (last article I saw, referenced 90+ percentage of their service life). With EVs, you charge where you park, so you don’t have to rely on dedicated charge sessions, for the sake…

Ok, so you’re more speaking to fit and finish. That’s certainly fair and gives me a better idea of what you’re getting at.