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I am actually happy it doesn't drive without the driver. Not that I have a Tesla, but I would never want to own a performance vehicle that drives without me. T

by lqdc13 11y ago

I am actually happy it doesn't drive without the driver. Not that I have a Tesla, but I would never want to own a performance vehicle that drives without me. The whole point is to enjoy the experience. They already took away engine noise and manual transmission. Now might as well just have someone else drive you.

zouhair 11y ago
Then you can go to work and send back the car to your significant other to take the kids to school and then send the car back to you when you need to come back home.
- lqdc13 11y ago
  I wasn't arguing that it's not practical.
tim333 11y ago
One of the troubles with 150mph performance vehicles is you spend 90% of your time going slow stuck behind traffic.
mikeash 11y ago
Even if it did, so what? Nobody is forcing you to use these features. Don't like them? Don't activate them.
- nightcracker 11y ago
  It's not unthinkable that computer-driven cars will be so much safer on the public road that it'll become illegal to have human drivers, as they are much more dangerous. Maybe not in the immediate future, but it'll probably happen at some point.
  - mikeash 11y ago
    Could be, but I see little relationship between adding features like this to a normal, driver-piloted car, and a mysterious future where autonomous cars are the only ones allowed on the road.
vvanders 11y ago
If you've never driven a Tesla then you really have no idea what you're talking about. You know how you get the best 0-60 time on the P90DL? You take your foot and kick the accelerator. Anything less and you lose 1-2 tenths of a second because the car is already moving by the time your foot is halfway down. Take a test-drive, I guarantee you'll be singing a different tune afterwards.
- sandworm101 11y ago
  Telsas don't have launch control?
  - disillusioned 11y ago
    They do. As of last month. It helps a bit, but it's almost entirely unnecessary.
    - mikeash 11y ago
      From the way the procedure works, it sounds like it's just a way to shave off that delay from getting the pedal to the floor. Launch control in a more typical car gets the engine to the best RPM and sets everything up to transfer that energy to the wheels in the best way possible without breaking traction. In a electric car with no clutch or transmission where it's just a matter of sending the proper massive amounts of current to the motors on command, there isn't much else needed.
      - sandworm101 11y ago
        From a standing start, an electric often needs to limit the power to the motors else they start snapping parts. That certainly happened in the tesla from day one. Then once the wheels are turning, launch control manages the traction control settings to maintain maximum acceleration, perhaps allowing for more/less slip than would be otherwise. It isn't as simple as just powering the motors.
        11y ago

by lqdc13 11y ago

zouhair 11y ago

Then you can go to work and send back the car to your significant other to take the kids to school and then send the car back to you when you need to come back home.

lqdc13 11y ago
I wasn't arguing that it's not practical.

tim333 11y ago

One of the troubles with 150mph performance vehicles is you spend 90% of your time going slow stuck behind traffic.

mikeash 11y ago

Even if it did, so what? Nobody is forcing you to use these features. Don't like them? Don't activate them.

nightcracker 11y ago
It's not unthinkable that computer-driven cars will be so much safer on the public road that it'll become illegal to have human drivers, as they are much more dangerous. Maybe not in the immediate future, but it'll probably happen at some point.
- mikeash 11y ago
  Could be, but I see little relationship between adding features like this to a normal, driver-piloted car, and a mysterious future where autonomous cars are the only ones allowed on the road.

vvanders 11y ago

If you've never driven a Tesla then you really have no idea what you're talking about. You know how you get the best 0-60 time on the P90DL? You take your foot and kick the accelerator. Anything less and you lose 1-2 tenths of a second because the car is already moving by the time your foot is halfway down. Take a test-drive, I guarantee you'll be singing a different tune afterwards.

sandworm101 11y ago
Telsas don't have launch control?
- disillusioned 11y ago
  They do. As of last month. It helps a bit, but it's almost entirely unnecessary.
  - mikeash 11y ago
    From the way the procedure works, it sounds like it's just a way to shave off that delay from getting the pedal to the floor. Launch control in a more typical car gets the engine to the best RPM and sets everything up to transfer that energy to the wheels in the best way possible without breaking traction. In a electric car with no clutch or transmission where it's just a matter of sending the proper massive amounts of current to the motors on command, there isn't much else needed.
    - sandworm101 11y ago
      From a standing start, an electric often needs to limit the power to the motors else they start snapping parts. That certainly happened in the tesla from day one. Then once the wheels are turning, launch control manages the traction control settings to maintain maximum acceleration, perhaps allowing for more/less slip than would be otherwise. It isn't as simple as just powering the motors.
      - 11y ago