Nobody.
Nobody reads the release notes.
Except extreme nerds like me.
The big problem in this case is that there are two completely different things that were discussed at "Autonomy Day".
One was the upcoming "Universal Hands Free" - which is just the current-as-of-November Gen 2 system...
It still doesn't auto-adjust. It only "set to the speed limit instead of your current speed, if you're below the speed limit" on mapped highways.
If I'm on a highway that's 55 MPH, then get to the section where it's 65, Driver+ doesn't speed up. If I set it to 65, then get to a section where...
I think the big question is - does your vehicle have the physical V1 PTC installed but disabled, or is it completely missing? I know many early vehicles after the "removal of PTC" were built with PTC, it just is disabled completely. I would assume that any vehicle sold as "Launch Edition" would...
I'd argue all three of these points *ALSO* apply to using CarPlay.
Unified Experience: You get the same experience across all your vehicles, regardless of make and model, as long as they support CarPlay.
Reduced Complexity: You have one system to deal with, across all your vehicles. Once you...
The 2024 Rally has the BlueCruise-capable hardware. My 2021 Select didn't. It was just MobilEye. It could do lane-centering on any road with clear markings, just no hands-free mode. You had to keep some torque on the wheel.
There are a lot of dual Rivian+Mach-E households. I used to have a Mach-E (2021 Select Job 2, absolute base model, no BlueCruise hardware.) My sister-in-law's household is also a Rivian+Mach-E household. Had a Job 1 GT, I know they upgraded to something newer, not sure what trim.
BlueCruise refers only to the "360° cameras and hands-free driving" hardware+software. It's "Ford Co-Pilot Assist" if you don't have the BlueCruise hardware. (Technically, with BlueCruise hardware, it's "Co-Pilot Active 2.0", and BlueCruise is the software.)
For a short time, Ford included the...
Yep. The comparison I have is to a non-BlueCruise Ford Mach-E. Same MobilEye hardware, but WITHOUT radar or any additional cameras. It can do lane-keep on any well marked road. It can do automatic speed adjustment with speed limit changes. It can do speed limit ± setting. Really, the only major...
I see it getting more transparent and more "frosted" as you cycle it. I see a tree appear then disappear.
Sure, it may be "less than fully transitioning", but it's not completely doing nothing.
On the "parallel vs redundant" front - the fact that the two chips are right next to each other in a single housing makes redundancy semi-pointless. If something is impacting one of the two, it would likely impact the second. So it really sounds like it's parallel processing. (Plus "Jerry Rig...
Same. I am marginally disappointed that Driver+ won't be getting any more real improvements, but I know I can do Comma if I want. Also planning on keeping mine until it's no longer fiscally reasonable to keep it on the road.
Correct, hands free, not eyes-off. They never promised any FSD-like experience for Gen 1. Only "hands-free on mapped roads" which they later figured out the hardware wasn't capable of.
They removed that claim before any vehicles shipped to customers.
Tesla sold "the vehicle you're buying today has everything necessary to full self drive" (for multiple years before admitted they needed a hardware upgrade, which will almost certainly be necessary again, as my 2016 Model S is...
I'm not that picky. Promises from two years before anyone had to fully commit to purchase, and thus we knew weren't going to happen, don't matter.
The "vertically-dropping tailgate" for example.
Now, things that were still "coming with a software update" when we took possession of the...
With a Gen 1, no chance at all.
When R3 comes out, it will depend on what it's capable of at time of purchase. If they truly do have Level 4 "eyes off"? I'd probably pay the $2500.