Thursday, May 31, 2018

Tesla Trashing?

Let's look at two articles about the 'over the top' efforts to critique Tesla.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2018/04/23/opinion-uaw-part-anti-tesla-campaign/34178345/

Clearly Reveal if they represent responsible journalism should look at the charges that UAW is playing fast and loose trying to paint Tesla as unsafe. Does the responsible reporter really survey more than a couple employees with UAW ties and an axe to grind. How do the numbers really compare across time frames and various time periods at the plant?

The Daily Kos can be over the top on support for the left, but this article to me hung together:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/29/1767826/-The-War-on-Tesla-Musk-and-the-Fight-for-the-Future

Now - on the other side I would note I find few things problematic on my TM3:

1. Autopilot as in Traffic Aware Cruise Control is great. However the part two of Autopilot - lane keeping really needs work.  First immediate driver feedback to adjust road positioning would help. Next a sensor for the wheel that doesn't penalize a light hand on the wheel - I often get an alert when I am holding the wheel - very annoying. Finally I find that the auto lane change in response to a blinker press is very intermittent.

2. Cabin Temps get out of control quickly while parked. Lately the super high temps in the cabin may be offset by an new change in firmware. Similar to the other updated features I have faith that the fix is coming.

3. Lack of menu and help options in Voice Navigation. If I knew what was allowed I would really be more effective in voice comms.

Finally - The earlier the better - please also include blindspot detection! (Elon hints this is coming.)
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