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Message 11 of 33 (914001)
12-17-2023 12:50 PM
Reply to: Message 10 by NosyNed
12-17-2023 12:45 PM


Re: Safty Statistics
“Full Self Driving” is pretty much false advertising. Whatever the original intent, current model Tesla’s will never have full self driving. Their sensor suite really isn’t up to it. Cruise control and lane-keeping they can manage, but not a lot more.

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Message 16 of 33 (914013)
12-18-2023 2:15 PM
Reply to: Message 15 by dwise1
12-18-2023 1:29 PM


Re: "full" self driving
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So then a Tesla requires you to keep your hand on the wheel even in autopilot mode? But wouldn't that then preclude being able to "drive" in the back seat?

Or does a Tesla allow for you to disengage safety protocols?
Tesla have issued a recall because it’s too easy to work around the driver monitoring.
By contrast, until relatively recently, Tesla merely used a torque sensor on the steering column, which was easily defeated by hanging something heavy like a water bottle off the steering wheel rim. Recently, the company has claimed that a wide-angle camera built into the rearview mirror is capable of driver monitoring, although it apparently does not work well enough to prevent a giant stuffed bear from being recognized as a human driver.
Ars Technica
Worth a read for anyone interested in this thread.

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Message 21 of 33 (914599)
01-25-2024 12:50 PM
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01-25-2024 11:30 AM


Re: Maybe this is the answer
Is it from Toyota? The channel is - or claims to be - owned by Market Research Universe.
If it was an official Toyota video, why wouldn’t it be on Toyota’s own channel(s)? I can’t see it on this one: Toyota USA

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Message 24 of 33 (914606)
01-25-2024 3:00 PM
Reply to: Message 23 by AZPaul3
01-25-2024 2:32 PM


Re: Water Engine - Real (maybe)
Wonder if the phony video is a mash-up of two presentations - one on the water-cooled hydrogen combustion engine and one on a fuel cell engine.
The idea of hydrogen as a fuel goes back to the ‘70s (at least). Metal hydrides were suggested as an alternative to hydrogen gas.

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