Thanks for the report. I pretty much decided this will be my next car...tired of the stressful drives on I-5. Yesterday I left my sister’s house earlier than I wanted to because I didn’t want to be driving after sunset. How does this work at night?
“How does this work at night?” The sensors probably see FAR better than the human eye at night. Just making an educated guess here. Cameras in visible wavelengths might have glare problems like human eyes, but LIDAR won’t. Currently, Tesla relies on a camera-based system for its self-driving technology and does not use LiDAR in its production vehicles. However, it has purchased LiDAR sensors for testing and validation purposes to improve its vision-only system’s accuracy.
sorry for the late reply, I don’t check my comments much.
I also am adverse to night driving. I find I can go further and stay out later with confidence using FSD. I don’t really notice a difference between day and night. The 8 cameras probably see better than we do in the dark, even those who don’t have cataracts.
The system is still a work in progress and you need to pay attention at all times. Parking lots are pretty much on your own right now. Supposedly that’s being addressed. If you are ready to buy make sure you get a really nice test drive.They let you take the car out yourself. At some locations you just pick it up in some mall parking lot. Drive it in the area you live in. It’s really good in suburban and rural areas. I would not use FSD in NYC or a place like that.