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This is absolutely brain dead. If you have to go through a touch screen to put the car in park you will have bad accidents. Additionally I doubt that an automat

This is absolutely brain dead. If you have to go through a touch screen to put the car in park you will have bad accidents. Additionally I doubt that an automatic selection no matter how smart of an AI can correctly read my mind. I, on multiple occasions had to quickly put a car in park or neutral (plus hand break) in order to quickly exit and not have it run over someone. If you want to add automation fine. But leave a stalk or physical override of some sort.

ianai 6y ago
Agreed. Just give people an option at least. Their current approach seems very divisive through being extreme.
mindslight 6y ago
I prefer driving stick, abhor touchscreens, and dislike "AI" [0], but this doesn't seem all that bad to me. The selector is basically only meant to be used when the car is stopped. I would much rather have this be on the touchscreen, than the music controls! I'd be most annoyed at not being able to easily downshift into "2" or "1" on a hill, but that isn't needed with an electric drivetrain. For needing to quickly act, wouldn't switching the car off do the same job? And a seat occupancy sensor should take care of forgetfulness. [0] I prefer well-defined state transitions that I can model to know exactly how something will respond to a given input.
Kirby64 6y ago
Except, it already does this in a Tesla right now. If you stop the car, unbuckle your seatbelt, and open the door, it'll automatically put the car in park. No need to hit park. What scenario are you needing to use the park function to prevent running someone over? That's what the brakes are for.
- toomuchtodo 6y ago
  Also does the same in reverse with the door open fwiw (hard to back up with the door open looking back).
moistbar 6y ago
Current Teslas don't creep forward when you take your foot off the accelerator, instead applying the foot brake until you hit the accelerator again.

ianai 6y ago

Agreed. Just give people an option at least. Their current approach seems very divisive through being extreme.

mindslight 6y ago

I prefer driving stick, abhor touchscreens, and dislike "AI" [0], but this doesn't seem all that bad to me. The selector is basically only meant to be used when the car is stopped. I would much rather have this be on the touchscreen, than the music controls! I'd be most annoyed at not being able to easily downshift into "2" or "1" on a hill, but that isn't needed with an electric drivetrain. For needing to quickly act, wouldn't switching the car off do the same job? And a seat occupancy sensor should take care of forgetfulness. [0] I prefer well-defined state transitions that I can model to know exactly how something will respond to a given input.

Kirby64 6y ago

Except, it already does this in a Tesla right now. If you stop the car, unbuckle your seatbelt, and open the door, it'll automatically put the car in park. No need to hit park. What scenario are you needing to use the park function to prevent running someone over? That's what the brakes are for.

toomuchtodo 6y ago
Also does the same in reverse with the door open fwiw (hard to back up with the door open looking back).

moistbar 6y ago

Current Teslas don't creep forward when you take your foot off the accelerator, instead applying the foot brake until you hit the accelerator again.