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1. No current system is truly hands-free. The GM and Ford systems technically allow you to take your hands off the wheel, but this compromises safety. Tesla cou
by djao 4y ago
1. No current system is truly hands-free. The GM and Ford systems technically allow you to take your hands off the wheel, but this compromises safety. Tesla could do the exact same thing (they have an in-cabin camera which can tell if your eyes are paying attention to the road, same as GM and Ford). But they don't, because it's unsafe. This isn't because the Tesla system is less capable or less safe than GM/Ford. (It's much more capable, and much safer.) It's because Tesla's safety standards are much higher. The article doesn't mention this.
2. The GM and Ford systems only operate on pre-mapped highways, and were (obviously) only tested on pre-mapped highways. The Tesla system was given only a "limited test" on the highway. Essentially, the article compares GM/Ford's highway driving to Tesla's city driving, while barely mentioning that GM/Ford can't drive in the city at all (whereas of course Tesla can easily do highway driving). This is a ridiculously biased comparison, crossing the line into fraud. An honest journalist could easily have compared highway driving to highway driving. The obvious conclusion is that this journalist is dishonest.
3. The article contains glaring factual inaccuracies. Among the worst is the claim that "the only indication that Tesla's ADAS is engaged is a tiny steering wheel icon - smaller than a dime". This is flat-out false. There is a prominent and reliable audio cue that tells you whenever the system is engaged or disengaged. You can look at the color of the trend line in the car visualization display. The gear display changes color, as does the speed limit display. If nothing else, you can torque the wheel (you are keeping your hands on the wheel for safety, right? Right????) and feel the level of resistance.