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It bugs me how quick Tesla is to blame their drivers. That autopark crash, for example, was clearly the result of a software design flaw. Tesla pushed an update
by abalone 10y ago
It bugs me how quick Tesla is to blame their drivers. That autopark crash, for example, was clearly the result of a software design flaw. Tesla pushed an update where to activate autopark all you had to do was double tap the park button and exit the vehicle. That's it. No other positive confirmation. No holding the key fob required. The vehicle would start moving without a driver inside.
You'd think someone would have realized that a double tap could accidentally happen why trying to single tap.
The reporting on this was terrible, but there's a YouTube video illustrating the design flaw.[1]
Thing is, someone at Tesla must know this is the real culprit. But there was no public correction of their local manager who blamed the driver.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-JoZL9edlA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-JoZL9edlA
- taf2 10y agoits a bit harder than a double tap... You press and hold. Count to three. Now wait for the car to start blinking and make a shifting noise. Press either the front of the key or back of the key to move forward. Definitely not easy to engage so I can understand tesla view on this one... I do this every morning/night to pull my car out of the tiny garage since I can't get my door open inside the garage
- SamBam 10y agoWait, did you build your garage for the car? What were you doing before self-parking cars?
- taf2 10y agoWe used to park in the driveway - I have to park inside now to reach the power plug - but I see three benefits 1 my car is nice and clean most of the time now 2 no more gas station dirty hands on the gas pump, I'm OCD umk 3 I get to watch my car pull out of the garage every morning in amazement :)
- tnorthcutt 10y agoNot all cars are the same size.
- cptskippy 10y agoI'm not sure why it is, but a lot of 100 year old houses have garages that are just big enough to fit a car in and not be able to open the doors. Car dimensions really haven't grown all that much, the Ford model T was 66 inches wide and most modern sedans are ~70-75 inches. Maybe they were never intended for cars? Maybe it was a cost savings thing? Homes that are only 50-75 years old seem to have larger carports instead of garages. * I answered my own questions. A model T was 66 inches wide but had 8 inch running boards on either side so the crew cabin is closer to 50 inches. The doors, if it had them, would be shorter as well. A model S is 77 inches wide so that's probably 24 inches difference in clearance.
- makomk 10y agoThere are multiple methods of activating their autopark feature. At the time of the crash, the setting that allowed you to activate it using the keyfob as you describe also meant that merely double-tapping the P button in the car would activate autopark and cause the car to start moving forward a few seconds after getting out. This was added in a patch, so unless you paid attention to their release notes you may have missed it.
- abalone 10y agoFalse. Did you watch the video? It proves that you only had to double tap and exit. Tesla pushed an update that enabled this as a "convenient" shortcut to the more elaborate, safer method you describe. In fact the video author praises it. Seems like a nice handy feature.. At first. Safety-critical design needs more care than this though.
- taf2 10y agoIt is True. You have to press in two places on the key. First you have to press and Hold in the middle of the key. Next you have to press either in the Front of the key or the Back of the key. Show me the video? Am I missing something can I simply press in the Front Twice?
- abalone 10y agoThe video is linked in the original comment you responded to. You ought to watch it before responding.