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I own a Tesla, and I'm not a Tesla apologist. There's tons of stuff that is just wrong about that car (the UI for example, is a dumpster fire). That said, I re
by buffington 5y ago
I own a Tesla, and I'm not a Tesla apologist. There's tons of stuff that is just wrong about that car (the UI for example, is a dumpster fire).
That said, I recall hearing some stuff in the early Tesla days about how the cars could drive themselves. Summoning, auto parking, and some hints at what we now know as Full Self Driving.
Aside from that, I don't recall much marketing hype around Autopilot. It has a bullet point on the Model 3 website, and some details on the naming of related features and what they do, but that's about it. None of it seems like "hype".
Here's the full description of Autopilot:
> Autopilot enables your car to steer, accelerate and brake automatically within its lane.
That's it.
In the car's user manual it makes it very clear what the feature does and what your responsibilities are as a driver. They don't make it out as some sort of magical feature.
- shmoe 5y agoSomeone needs to tell this to the idiot at my mother's office that praises autopilot because he can answer all his emails during his commutes.
- i_am_proteus 5y agoThings like Elon Musk (he is the Tesla CEO) making statements about the self-driving capabilities of the vehicle come to mind: https://www.wired.com/2016/10/elon-musk-says-every-new-tesla-can-drive/ https://www.wired.com/2016/10/elon-musk-says-every-new-tesla... You're correct about what's in the fine print. But this Musk fellow is effectively Tesla's salesman in chief, and has quite a following on the Internet.
- heavyset_go 5y agoFor reference, Tesla's marketing[1] is clear about what they mean when they say "Autopilot" and "Full Self-Driving": > The person in the driver’s seat is only there for legal reasons. He is not doing anything. The car is driving itself. [1] https://www.tesla.com/videos/autopilot-self-driving-hardware-neighborhood-long?redirect=no https://www.tesla.com/videos/autopilot-self-driving-hardware...