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Thank you for having actually tried it then having a real opinion about it. I have a Tesla, I usually use autopilot for highway traffic only, summon it like a

Thank you for having actually tried it then having a real opinion about it. I have a Tesla, I usually use autopilot for highway traffic only, summon it like a valet to where I am in my parking lot, and not have to idle in hot and cold weather. I agree, I wouldn’t use it for local roads and unclear highways, but isn’t this what they tell you? I don’t think they ever tell you that it’s full self driving right now. Also, I’ve experienced it being janky but over time it’s improved dramatically.

joncrane 7y ago
>not have to idle in hot and cold weather. As a car and efficiency enthusiast, I totally try to keep my gasoline powered car from idling unnecessarily. But what does "idling" mean in the context of a 100% electric car?
- johnjungles 7y ago
  You can have the car on with AC and/or Heaters without the engine on because there is no engine. In fact they have camper mode where you can camp out in the vehicle overnight with the ac on, and huge batteries allow you to do this without worries.
brokenmachine 7y ago
>summon it like a valet to where I am in my parking lot It can drive by itself from where it's parked to where you are?
- johnjungles 7y ago
  It sure can. I have a kid so putting him in the car next to another car in a parking garage is painful but with summon everyday it’s amazing
  - brokenmachine 7y ago
    After looking into it a bit more, it seems useful in some circumstances as you describe, but hardly "summon it like a valet" when it can only move a few meters. From your description, I was thinking more of something like waiting at the entrance to a public carpark and the car comes to you.
    - johnjungles 7y ago
      No, I have smart summon. It can actually go from the parking spot, turn toward me and pull out up until where I am standing. This is real look it up on YouTube or I’ll send you a link myself
    - johnjungles 7y ago
      https://youtu.be/rXbUYoerHAM https://youtu.be/rXbUYoerHAM This is called smart summon. It can turn, reverse. It’s not perfect and if you know it’s limitations you can manipulate it so that it works 99.999% of the time

joncrane 7y ago

>not have to idle in hot and cold weather. As a car and efficiency enthusiast, I totally try to keep my gasoline powered car from idling unnecessarily. But what does "idling" mean in the context of a 100% electric car?

johnjungles 7y ago
You can have the car on with AC and/or Heaters without the engine on because there is no engine. In fact they have camper mode where you can camp out in the vehicle overnight with the ac on, and huge batteries allow you to do this without worries.

brokenmachine 7y ago

>summon it like a valet to where I am in my parking lot It can drive by itself from where it's parked to where you are?

johnjungles 7y ago
It sure can. I have a kid so putting him in the car next to another car in a parking garage is painful but with summon everyday it’s amazing
- brokenmachine 7y ago
  After looking into it a bit more, it seems useful in some circumstances as you describe, but hardly "summon it like a valet" when it can only move a few meters. From your description, I was thinking more of something like waiting at the entrance to a public carpark and the car comes to you.
  - johnjungles 7y ago
    No, I have smart summon. It can actually go from the parking spot, turn toward me and pull out up until where I am standing. This is real look it up on YouTube or I’ll send you a link myself
  - johnjungles 7y ago
    https://youtu.be/rXbUYoerHAM https://youtu.be/rXbUYoerHAM This is called smart summon. It can turn, reverse. It’s not perfect and if you know it’s limitations you can manipulate it so that it works 99.999% of the time