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I have a 2014 (so, very old) tesla and the lanekeeping continues to work extremely well. I have literally never had this issue and I live in a rainy area.

ganafagol 6y ago
"Continues"? Why would it get worse? So sad that we live in an era of tech where basically everything is expected to severely degrade after 2 years and be essentially unusable after 5.
- alasdair_ 6y ago
  Roads change over time. The information about those roads gets updated. It continues to be updated well.
  - bosie 6y ago
    What do you mean the information about roads is updated? Does Tesla require info about specific roads?
    - alasdair_ 6y ago
      It can read the street signs, but it also uses published information about the road in the absence of a sign (e.g. you turn on to a new road - what is the speed limit if there is no visible sign?)
      - bosie 6y ago
        that seems awfully dangerous, though? if you drive yourself and have no sign there, you can at least argue. if the published information tesla is using is claiming 100 miles an hour is the limit, the car will speed up?
        alasdair_ 6y ago
        It uses other information too. It wouldn’t go over 45 or so unless it’s clearly a freeway with a divider and other cars were going that fast. And there is probably something that uses last known speed, and it remembers speeds it has seen before. But the updates do other things too, like help it understand new kinds of signs or to improve handling of weird situations.
gnicholas 6y ago
Is this thanks to software updates that Tesla offers? I've asked Toyota and Subaru dealers if they offer OTA updates, and I've been told they don't/won't. I'd be much more likely to buy a car that has pretty good driver assist tech if it were regularly updated. I don't want to have a car for 10 years if half the driver assist tech is useless when the car is brand new, and it will never be updated.
- teslathrowaway1 6y ago
  Tesla software updates are pretty frequent. It looks like almost every two weeks. https://teslascope.com/teslapedia/software https://teslascope.com/teslapedia/software
  - QuibbleQuota 6y ago
    I don’t think I’d want software I’m trusting with my life running on a 2 weekly update cadence...

ganafagol 6y ago

"Continues"? Why would it get worse? So sad that we live in an era of tech where basically everything is expected to severely degrade after 2 years and be essentially unusable after 5.

alasdair_ 6y ago
Roads change over time. The information about those roads gets updated. It continues to be updated well.
- bosie 6y ago
  What do you mean the information about roads is updated? Does Tesla require info about specific roads?
  - alasdair_ 6y ago
    It can read the street signs, but it also uses published information about the road in the absence of a sign (e.g. you turn on to a new road - what is the speed limit if there is no visible sign?)
    - bosie 6y ago
      that seems awfully dangerous, though? if you drive yourself and have no sign there, you can at least argue. if the published information tesla is using is claiming 100 miles an hour is the limit, the car will speed up?
      - alasdair_ 6y ago
        It uses other information too. It wouldn’t go over 45 or so unless it’s clearly a freeway with a divider and other cars were going that fast. And there is probably something that uses last known speed, and it remembers speeds it has seen before. But the updates do other things too, like help it understand new kinds of signs or to improve handling of weird situations.

gnicholas 6y ago

Is this thanks to software updates that Tesla offers? I've asked Toyota and Subaru dealers if they offer OTA updates, and I've been told they don't/won't. I'd be much more likely to buy a car that has pretty good driver assist tech if it were regularly updated. I don't want to have a car for 10 years if half the driver assist tech is useless when the car is brand new, and it will never be updated.

teslathrowaway1 6y ago
Tesla software updates are pretty frequent. It looks like almost every two weeks. https://teslascope.com/teslapedia/software https://teslascope.com/teslapedia/software
- QuibbleQuota 6y ago
  I don’t think I’d want software I’m trusting with my life running on a 2 weekly update cadence...