Apparently the field of view of the radar is too narrow. Dunno about the one you saw, but with the previous S that crashed, supposedly the guy was watching a movie with the AutoPiliot on.
OY.
It only has avoision.
So Chevy fanboy, did you buy Bolt? If you like it so much why donât you just buy one and enjoy it instead of wasting your time trying to convince people here that there are no differences between Model 3 and Bolt. Why donât you drive from coast to coast? Oh waitâŚGM hasnât set up any Supercharging stations. Guess that difference doesnât mean much to you since you havenât bought Bolt but like to talk about how great it is.
Obviously, you havenât done your homework and donât know that major differences are the battery and supercharging network. Tesla battery can quickly recharge while Bolt canât. There are no coast to coast supercharging stations for Bolt. Even if GM sets one up, the battery is so slow to recharge and makes a long distance travel to be annoying.
Do some homework before you spread fake news. Maybe you are hoping it will help your GM position? Haha~
So did the owner buy AutoPilot option for his Model 3 and follow the instructions? Many Tesla crashes are because the driver ignores the warning that their hand needs to be on the steering wheel. Teslaâs Autopilot is only at Level 2âŚneed to be at least Level 4 before a car can be considered as a full autonomous vehicle. I am not sure why some people are surprised to see that Tesla cars can crash if a driver doesnât follow AutoPilot instructions.
Both ZenNuts and I were each referencing a Model S. In the crash I mentioned, the camera mistook the side of a white 18-wheeler trailer as a cloudy sky, and the radar only shot under the trailer. Boom.
Thatâs an old news that happened about a year ago. Itâs not just Teslaâs AutoPilot that has an issue with white reflective surface. Volvo has the same issue. Thatâs why itâs only Level 2 at this point and requires a driver to put hands on the steering wheel. At Level 2, crash may happen if the driver is not paying attention and mistakenly assume that itâs full autonomous. Level 4 which is considered fully autonomous and it is probably at least good few years away.
Youâre mistaking me for pointing out that your future car isnât anything special compared to a Chevy Bolt with actually liking the Bolt. I donât like any EV on the market right now. I enjoy 5 minute fill ups anywhere I want to go rather than long charge times or a small network of charging stations.
Go back to my post 113 and you will see that I pointed out that Tesla has some charging stations, and that can be useful depending where you live.
I drove coast to coast and back in 2004. Could I take the same route today if I had a Tesla? No. I would have to take the route that has their stations and time my stops with them rather than go on whatever route I wanted and stop whenever I wanted. So just because you can drive coast to coast in a Tesla doesnât make it convenient to do so.
I learned my lesson with Tesla. Iâm not investing in any auto manufacturer stocks anymore.
Iâm well aware. There arenât all that many Model S crashes to reference.
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I donât think shorting Tesla is considered as investing. You are betting against 400K+ demand for Model 3.
If you really invested in Tesla last year, you would have been up more than 40%.
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Iâm well aware. There arenât all that many Model S crashes to reference.
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I wonder whyâŚ
Ah, because theyâve only sold less than 120,000 in the U.S. ?
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But if the field vision of radar is too narrow per your opinion, shouldnt at least 10% of 120,000 cars gotten into a crash? Youâve inferred that inferior radar has caused crashes, but where is the supporting data to back up your claim? Have you checked if any Bolt (which has no radar) has gotten into an accident? I bet there are few crashes too. Crashes are caused by drivsrs who think their EV is at level 4. So itâs a driverâs negligence of not understanding the carâs capability.
Itâs a very cool time to have any Tesla, the first car in space, on order or in the driveway. A tip of the cap to Tesla owners, existing or future. Watching that Tesla soar high yesterday took me back fifty years. Remarkable stuff!
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Faulty logic
Most people are manually driving their cars. And you wouldnât hear about a Tesla accident if it was a person driving.
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Faulty assumption of Tesla EV
You must have never driven Tesla if you are assuming that people are driving manually and somehow has turned off Level 2 Driverâs Assist features. All Tesla drivers that have turned on Level 2 Assist are using it everyday on their daily drive.
Canât imagine why. The radar is too narrow vertically, with the top limit cutting off too low, which is why it didnât see the trailer, just the nothingness under it. Guess the Tesla engineers musta thought the only vehicle the Model S might encounter was a Lamborghini.
A buddy of mine on the Tesla Model 3 list just got an email announcing another delay. A search on twitter of âTesla Emailâ shows that its going out to a lot of people. Did you get that email too?
The Tesla has now left earth orbit and is heading into outer space. Can you say:
âTesla planetâ ?
But donât panic 
I guess actually it will orbit Mars for a while.
So Tesla is polluting 2 planets now???
That means they are driving manually, they are operating the controls. You only hear about Tesla crashes when people decide to not put their hands on anything and let the car drive.