‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl
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Tesla critic Dan O’Dowd is funding a Super Bowl ad campaign highlighting dangers of the company’s driver-assistance software for the second year in a row.

‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl — “Tesla dances away from liability in Autopilot crashes by pointing to a note buried deep in the owner’s manual, that says Autopilot is only safe on fr…::undefined

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      9 months ago

      Everybody is aware it’s not going to be flawless out of the gate, or perhaps ever. That’s not the point.

      They’re saying using cameras and only cameras is a bad idea and makes “Autopilot” inherently subpar in situations where cameras don’t work so well.

        • abcxyz@lemm.eeEnglish
          112·
          9 months ago

          Never go full fanboy… try actually understanding what people are telling you, why fail safes are good idea, why redundancy systems are implemented, etc.

          Your anecdotal experience of “I drive in fog and rain and its been good” means nothing…

        • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          53·
          9 months ago

          When there are vision issues the car complains

          Except for when it doesn’t and the car plows straight into the back of a lorry. Or runs over a teenager getting off a school bus. Etc.

                • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  92·
                  9 months ago

                  Are you serious?

                  Autopilot

                  Full Self Driving

                  “Our cars will travel from the east coast to west coast of the US without any human intervention by 2017”

                  “Your model 3 will be like an automated taxi earning money for you while you’re not using it!”

                  Etc.

                  Tesla is always making out like their cars can drive themselves and it’s just the law that’s preventing cars from driving themselves about unaided.