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Maybe somebody ought to regulate this before it’s thrust on an unknowing public?

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* Aside from the fact that owners are supposed to have a direct-line view to their summoned car (wanna bet that they’ll always follow the rule?), notice that this automated system sent the car the wrong way down a one-way passage…


Where have you parked your Tesla?

But also, who cares?

Our Smart Summon feature means your car collects *you* from the parking lot. pic.twitter.com/boEtjJlY1V

— Tesla (@Tesla) September 26, 2019

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 3:14 pm

Comments

  1. You have to love the car going the wrong way. So basically the Tesla drives itself like all the old people at the grocery store?

    And who is the genius at Tesla that decided this was a good video?

    Sell your stock.

    Comment by SSL Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 3:18 pm

  2. Rich, stop carrying the water for “Big Valet” …

    Comment by Ok Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 3:19 pm

  3. How many people have been killed via Tesla’s auto-pilot mode?

    Comment by Glengarry Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 3:30 pm

  4. What could possibly go wrong?

    Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 3:30 pm

  5. No worse than what I see almost daily in Springfield. Maybe Tesla needs to not hire programmers taught how to drive in Central Illinois?

    Comment by SpfdNewb Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 3:36 pm

  6. But I thought all regulation is bad? Let the free market decide

    Comment by Anon E Moose Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 3:37 pm

  7. ===Let the free market decide ===

    When some moron is remote-driving his goofy car down a public street, that’s not a free market decision.

    Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 3:41 pm

  8. For a second I assumed this was about that *drug* that you and others want to universalize with nary a respite, and not the revolutionary technology that could vastly improve our safety and environment.

    Comment by The Big Salad Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 3:41 pm

  9. BS, one of these is a harmless plant and the other is a 3000 pound moving vehicle with no one at the controls. But other than that, it’s the same thing.

    Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 3:46 pm

  10. Self driving cars are not that far off and there needs to be some serious thought about how to decide which ones get on the road instead of waiting for bodies to pile up.

    Comment by The Way I See It Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 3:49 pm

  11. = But other than that, it’s the same thing.=

    LOL, restaurant quality.

    Comment by JS Mill Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 3:49 pm

  12. ===Self driving cars are not that far off===

    They’re quite far off, if ever, actually. What isn’t far off are fake self driving cars like this one. And that’s supremely dangerous.

    Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 3:50 pm

  13. BS, cannabis is being regulated to the max.

    Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 3:51 pm

  14. In Soviet Russia, car parks you!

    Comment by NDaggers Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 3:52 pm

  15. At Tesla, Quality Assurance is Job 3.14159…

    Comment by City Zen Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 4:04 pm

  16. =Self driving cars are not that far off and there needs to be some serious thought about how to decide which ones get on the road instead of waiting for bodies to pile up.= A friend of mine who was in school for a MPA/MPP said it the best, “Regulations are written in blood”.

    Comment by SpfdNewb Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 4:05 pm

  17. = BS, cannabis is being regulated to the max. =

    Vaping, too. Self-driving cars are much more dangerous to bystanders.

    Comment by Not a Superstar Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 4:06 pm

  18. Ban self driving anything…Humans had better take hold of the steering wheel and “drive’ themselves…or become lumps of adipose tissue being jockeyed to…and fro…by bots…humbug.

    Comment by Dotnonymous Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 4:14 pm

  19. Nice, City Zen.

    Comment by Soccermom Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 4:59 pm

  20. Tesla, please come pick me up. Human, please hurry, I think I ran over someone on the way. I need you to get in the car quickly. (So you are blamed, not me)

    Comment by Bruce( no not him) Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 5:06 pm

  21. Rich, bet you an excellent bottle of single malt scotch that there is a viable version ready in less than 10 years

    Comment by The Way I See It Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 6:34 pm

  22. Self driving cars can reduce accidents I believe. Distracted driving etc. Will accidents go to zero? No. Will self driving cars kill less people than are killed in auto accidents now? That is the question.

    Comment by E Thursday, Sep 26, 19 @ 7:04 pm

  23. I can’t see self driving vehicles ever working unless we also build a whole separate infrastructure for them, their own highways, parking lots, etc.
    How can a machine ever react to all the nuances on a typical crowded city street?

    Comment by Da Big Bad Wolf Friday, Sep 27, 19 @ 6:36 am

  24. I totally agree with you, BBW.

    Comment by Big Joe Friday, Sep 27, 19 @ 8:13 am

  25. Must be using Windows 10 in the guidance system.

    Self-driving cars are a solution in search of a problem, and causing new problems.

    Comment by revvedup Friday, Sep 27, 19 @ 8:56 am

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