Tesla Shifts the Goalposts For 'Full Self-Driving' Technology (arstechnica.com)

AmiMoJo writes: Tesla has been selling "full self-driving" capability since 2016, promising that "you will be able to summon your Tesla from pretty much anywhere," and that "once it picks you up, you will be able to sleep, read or do anything else en route [sic] to your destination." Last week Tesla shifted the goalposts, redefining "full self-driving" as a number of Level 2 driver assistance features that were already available, and a few new tricks to be delivered later. All will require a qualified driver behind the wheel, paying attention at all times and ready to take over if the car can't handle the situation. Worse, owners who bought the previous full self-driving feature paid $8,000 for it. Tesla is now offering owners who bought their cars prior to the change the same package for $5,000. Owners who paid the $3,000 higher price are unsure if the previously promised technology has been abandoned and Level 2 is now the most they can expect.

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goal posts

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Self driving seems to be all about shifting the goalposts. It's all about being better than a human until you point out a flaw in this sensor or that, then it becomes about being "at least as good as" a human.

Re:Why?????

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EVs don't work. I grew up probably more north than you, with people that hunt with bows, and go ice fishing in the middle of nowhere. We grew up with it so hammered into our heads to always have enough fuel because getting stuck could be deadly. There just won't be power close enough.

Re:Why?????

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And we have been through the whole Norway thing. Norway is actually quite warm with short mountain passes through I have yet to have confirmation that people are actually taking EVs through mountain passes. Also EVs are falsely made cheaper because the government raises taxes on ICEs.