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Tesla whistleblower calls cars with Autopilot “experiments in public roads” (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by DannyMac@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (18 children)

Last time I tried autopilot was 4 years ago, so I imagine things have become better. That said, on a test drive, on a rainy day, auto lane change did some fighting stuff. Thought lanes were clear, learned they weren’t, then violently ripped the car back to the origin lane in conditions that were prime for hydroplaning.

My wife and I were scared shitless, and the woman from Telsa, who was also in the car, tried to reassure us by saying “it’s ok, this is normal.”

Then we return the car to the parking lot and auto park almost took out a kid in an enclosed parking structure.

I imagine it’s become better in 4 years, but how that was street legal baffled my mind.

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