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madville

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12. This stuff is why cars are unaffordable

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Mar 23, 2025, 10:49 PM

Mar 2025

It’s to the point now where these cars will be built to be capable of everything and owners will unlock features through subscription. All the major manufacturers are doing it now or at least going that way. You’ll be paying for capabilities in the base price but have to pay an annual subscription to use them.

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Will Tesla autopilot crash into wall painted to look like road? [View all] struggle4progress Mar 2025 OP

It will if it was programmed by House of Roberts Mar 2025 #1

I just zinged right through it. Was there a Wile E Coyote tunnel painted on the wall? Norrrm Mar 2025 #2

Well done. H2O Man Mar 2025 #11

I guess people shouldn't paint roads on walls at the end of a street. Renew Deal Mar 2025 #3

The Tesla failed several other tests including fog and heavy rain Quixote1818 Mar 2025 #5

They also shouldn't go out in fog and rain Renew Deal Mar 2025 #7

It's not just painted walls. LudwigPastorius Mar 2025 #13

How does it react to a tunnel painted on a wall? Xavier Breath Mar 2025 #4

Seems like pointless criticism. Disaffected Mar 2025 #6

No, but the tests with the child in the road that Tesla failed and the other car passed are real world (fog, glare, etc. artemisia1 Mar 2025 #10

I'm glad he did this Meowmee Mar 2025 #8

To sum it up in one word: "FAIL". oasis Mar 2025 #9

This stuff is why cars are unaffordable madville Mar 2025 #12

Yep. The surviving brother from the "Car Talk" show... keep_left Mar 2025 #14