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>Factually wrong, they are a category down from actual self-driving tech developers. Well they're the only people offering anything this quality unless your on

by leesec 8y ago

>Factually wrong, they are a category down from actual self-driving tech developers. Well they're the only people offering anything this quality unless your one of the hundreds of people in Phoenix that can order a Waymo (that still has a person driving). >some people think that calling the driving assistance software an autopilot is borderline false advertisement. Well my 'driving assistance' drove me 95% of the way to work this morning hands free feet free, seems pretty appropriate to call it autonomous to me.

mrtksn 8y ago
Tesla also happens to have a fanbase who would defend them with passion, making claims and arguing for hours that you can indeed download car performance from the internet, that driving assist is an autonomous driving even though Tesla says that it isn't and you should always stay alert and if you get slammed into a wall(like that poor Apple engineer) you should have known better. It's really not about tech but about the brand. Since Stave Job is no longer with us, Musk happens to own the tech visionary title. It can be annoying but I'm glad that Tesla exists an it's brand is pushing the big players into electric cars.
- leesec 8y ago
  ->making claims and arguing for hours that you can indeed download car performance from the internet, I don't understand. People went to sleep, their car updated via internet, and they woke up with more performant cars. This really happened. Obviously the car didn't changed the hardware, it changed the software, and the car drove better.
  - mrtksn 8y ago
    Yes you are right, they uploaded performance from the internet. Any idea why they don't upload more from it? It's futule to argue with fanboys.
    - torpfactory 8y ago
      Obviously you don't "upload performance" from the internet. But Tesla (and many other companies) often figure out how to squeeze more from existing hardware with tweaks to how the device operates. It's the same reason software patches can make a program or device feel faster. The device didn't get any faster, but the developers figured out how to do more with the same hardware.
      - mrtksn 8y ago
        Exactly.

by leesec 8y ago

mrtksn 8y ago

Tesla also happens to have a fanbase who would defend them with passion, making claims and arguing for hours that you can indeed download car performance from the internet, that driving assist is an autonomous driving even though Tesla says that it isn't and you should always stay alert and if you get slammed into a wall(like that poor Apple engineer) you should have known better. It's really not about tech but about the brand. Since Stave Job is no longer with us, Musk happens to own the tech visionary title. It can be annoying but I'm glad that Tesla exists an it's brand is pushing the big players into electric cars.

leesec 8y ago
->making claims and arguing for hours that you can indeed download car performance from the internet, I don't understand. People went to sleep, their car updated via internet, and they woke up with more performant cars. This really happened. Obviously the car didn't changed the hardware, it changed the software, and the car drove better.
- mrtksn 8y ago
  Yes you are right, they uploaded performance from the internet. Any idea why they don't upload more from it? It's futule to argue with fanboys.
  - torpfactory 8y ago
    Obviously you don't "upload performance" from the internet. But Tesla (and many other companies) often figure out how to squeeze more from existing hardware with tweaks to how the device operates. It's the same reason software patches can make a program or device feel faster. The device didn't get any faster, but the developers figured out how to do more with the same hardware.
    - mrtksn 8y ago
      Exactly.