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1 posted on 11/04/2025 12:17:18 PM PST by nickcarraway
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I'm not certain of the value here. Unless you were 100% confident (and nothing less will do) that Tesla will self-drive you safely across the country, don't you still have to sit behind the wheel and give it your full attention in case something goes wrong?
2 posted on 11/04/2025 12:19:28 PM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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I immediately disabled the driver assist from my car. Even on well defined roads it had trouble with the nuances like giving a pedestrian extra space, or unable to swerve when another car veers into my lane. When I’d make the necessary moves, the “assist” feature would gently “correct” me to get into the center of the lane. It was gentle — I didn’t have to fight it with all of my might. But it was unpredictable.


4 posted on 11/04/2025 12:22:23 PM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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"A drug company wouldn't call something a universal, full cancer cure when it didn't actually cure cancer," Dan O'Dowd, a software developer who has become a vocal critic of Tesla's Full Self-Driving, told Forbes.

ROFL!!!

"A drug company wouldn't call something a universal, full cancer cure vaccine when it didn't actually cure cancer prevent illness," Dan O'Dowd, a software developer who has become a vocal critic of Tesla's Full Self-Driving, told Forbes. </sarc>

Corrected.

6 posted on 11/04/2025 12:27:48 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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Lol. 800 miles down I-70. Pretty much flat and straight.


7 posted on 11/04/2025 12:28:38 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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I won’t even use the cruise on my car.


8 posted on 11/04/2025 12:31:32 PM PST by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” )
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You couldn’t give me an EV even if the battery never had be charged.

I’ll take the sound of a cam’d up V8 anyday.


10 posted on 11/04/2025 12:49:22 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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Did FSD from Las Vegas to South Lake Tahoe and then on to Sacramento. We were so impressed that we added a second Tesla a month later (Cybertruck). Yes it makes mistakes sometimes (rarely). You have to monitor it at all times. It still makes driving less fatiguing and stressful.


11 posted on 11/04/2025 12:53:47 PM PST by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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What do you know about "cooldown?"

Bunch of yuppies. As an all-remote team, we represent America from coast to coast and everywhere in between.

Specifically, the CEO and Founder is a multimillionaire from creating media entities.

"Dave Finocchio is an American businessman who co-founded the sports news website Bleacher Report, which is the second-largest digital sports publisher with over 45 million monthly readers.[2][3] In 2012, Finocchio led the company through an acquisition by Turner Broadcasting System for approximately $175 million.[4][5] He stepped away from daily operations of Bleacher Report in 2014 but returned to the company as its CEO in 2016."

Source: Dave Finocchio. Wiki

Two bucks, this is one of those "product placement" review articles, part of marketing, in this case Tesla.

And, yeah, they want your email address so you can receive :updates." Meaning more marketing. Or in the nice words....

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14 posted on 11/04/2025 12:55:02 PM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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I just finished a Tesla drive from central Missouri to south central Tennessee. A wide range of roads and traffic. I touched the wheel once both ways. I won’t leave home without now after having it for three months.


16 posted on 11/04/2025 12:58:11 PM PST by Controlling Legal Authority (Author of “Are You Ready to Adopt?”)
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How many hours did this trip take?
How many recharges were required?

From the article: “EVs are not only responsible for considerably less planet-heating pollution per mile than gas-powered cars, but they also can save drivers thousands of dollars per year on fuel costs. To take the cost savings and environmental benefits of driving an EV to the next level, you can install solar panels on your home. Charging an EV with home solar is cheaper than doing so using the electrical grid or at a public charging station.”

Now, let’s compare the pollution of EV production vs. ICE.
And, let’s include the cost of a home charger and solar panels.


17 posted on 11/04/2025 1:01:32 PM PST by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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This thread is strong with the Elon slob-jobbery.


19 posted on 11/04/2025 1:14:15 PM PST by bakeneko
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SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO : WHO IS BEING INSURED AS THE DRIVER????


28 posted on 11/04/2025 1:53:40 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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I urge everyone to read Matthew Crawford’s “Why We Drive.”

He has a very different take on what “driverless cars” are all about, and it isn’t you getting more work done or resting. It’s about prepping you to SELL YOU SOMETHING.


47 posted on 11/04/2025 5:08:36 PM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." Jimi Hendrix)
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