Any thoughts on if the Autopilot options for the Model 3 will be a dumbed down version, such as no auto park or summon?
No. Tesla has the opportunity to really differentiate themselves from mainstream brands. Musk has already stated that every Model 3 will have autopilot hardware. At that point, it makes the most sense to offer every autopilot feature available, at least as an added-cost upgrade. It will be yet another reason for the car to be extremely desirable, and the "upgrade" at that point is flipping a software switch via an over-the-air update.Any thoughts on if the Autopilot options for the Model 3 will be a dumbed down version, such as no auto park or summon?
I have this vision of Model 3 deliveries being accomplished by programming the buyer's address into the navigation system at the factory and sending it on its way.![]()
Yep. My assumption is that the manufacturers will have to accept liability for their self-driving cars. When there is an at-fault accident, it gives them an incentive to fix the problem. I know Google has gone on record as saying they would accept liability for their cars, but that's easy to do when you aren't selling them yet to the public. We'll see what Tesla and governments decide to do, but they better figure it out soon.Funny. However, until they can pass the liability for the car to the owner as the car leaves the assembly line, they'll have to define liability at some point.
I have this vision of Model 3 deliveries being accomplished by programming the buyer's address into the navigation system at the factory and sending it on its way.![]()
Maybe standard in mid or high end packages, but not likely freeCharging for autonomous abilities definitely makes sense, but I can't help but feel that he is going to make full autonomous features standard across the range. It will become a Tesla USP as much as the superchargers are.
Elon was in Norway recently talking about how much safer the cars are when they are driving themselves. Put that alongside how well the cars perform in crash tests and you have a range of cars which Tesla will be able to claim are the safest cars on the road, have the least environmental impact and still manage to look cool. Thats a trifecta of pain for all the other car manufacturers, the industry will have to change to compete.