There are actually 3 modes that you can set according to your preferences.

Well I just hope it’s not a real dog and pony show like Chrysler did back in the day, where pretty much none of the cars went to production except the Pacifica PHEV.

Beat me to it, accelerator application, especially strong application (like someone would do in a pedal misapplication) would override any auto brake systems.

Beat me to it, 99.999% of the time it’s wrong pedal. Reminds me of the whole hysteria in China about the Model 3, turned out to be wrong pedal almost every time. The only related thing is people activating ACC unknowingly, which Tesla did add a chime to address. But even in that case, any tap of the brakes would…

I was going to say the same thing. They had Trump on the cover. Being on the cover doesn’t mean you are a saint, only that you have influence. And no matter how much haters hate Elon, even they have to admit he has influence (otherwise why keep talking about him).

You only get regular cruise control if your car is not equipped with AP. Otherwise the lowest level you can set it to is ACC (regular CC is not an option). However, as others mentioned, given most Tesla have AP, this stunt is done easier by using AP and defeating the driver monitoring system. That way, the car will…

That’s not my experience with my 2021 Model 3. While it does take more steering to fully exit autopilot, you can override its input using the same steering position as if you were driving yourself even before it exits.

Well that is a very common tactic used, which is to present the scenario of things changing overnight, which is never going to happen anyways given naturally things will take time to switch over even if we started immediately today (just fleet turnover alone takes a while). However, there are certainly alternatives…

Yeah, even when Tesla had an open console, it had side rails. Then the purse or bag can sit in the area without sliding around. As it is in the picture, it’s not that well thought out. As you say it’s also a wasted opportunity in terms of adding a bench seat (although perhaps there are safety concerns for having a…

Whatever car you end up getting to wrench, make sure it has a roomy engine bay and the engine option that still leaves the bay roomy. Otherwise you will end up cursing yourself when working on it. Also helps if you look up the service manual first (which sometimes can be found free online) for the most basic repairs…

That’s not the argument I'm talking about above though, it’s people that suggest using spike strips are the way to go, and then when bad things happen, they are now saying it’s being used improperly (which this article didn’t present).

It was AP 2.0 hardware in 2016 demonstrating what would be possible in the future if you bought the FSD package, which came out at the same time.

Was there any evidence that the spike strips were applied here incorrectly or out of protocol? I don’t see anything presented that suggests that. The situation of the perp trying to avoid spike strips can happen no matter how you apply them, it’s a built in risk of using them.

Well, using lidar maps doesn’t really change whether the cars have the hardware, just like how Cadillac SuperCruise uses lidar maps, but the car doesn’t have any lidar. Regular maps are also made using satellite imagery and high accuracy GNSS receivers that work with ground stations, but the cars that use such maps don…

Yeah, that part didn’t make sense to me, maybe they mixed up the order. As for who is the right or wrong in this case, really hard to say without more evidence, you only get verbal accounts from either side. Could easily be the passengers being used to “customer is always right”, not knowing it doesn’t really apply on…

No, but mentioning something nicely is better than a snarky bit about doing it the “hard way”, while at the same time watching everything in amusement (which they were likely aware of given he was close enough to make the comment). Would be a different case if he didn’t do that.

I remember a previous article where people said police should just go ahead of the suspect and use spike strips instead of pursuing. Well we see one of the results of that when it goes wrong. Nothing is as easy as people try to make it out to be.

Well there’s also the fact that in terms of automotive history BYD started out by making a copy of the Corolla (with a Honda City back end grafted), called the F3. Supposedly it was such a direct copy, body panels are interchangeable (quite a few examples of such copies in Chinese automotive history).

The difference is Hyundai didn’t go through multiple rounds of trying to fix things with software updates (including a “final” one that turned out not so final). They also didn’t reach the point that even brand new 2022 MY Konas needed recall, while GM did.

The battery modules aren’t safe however, unlike the Nissan ones. There is a very real risk of fires from using these defective GM modules.