Tesla’s two ideas, which may not be bad in themselves, further limit the usefulness of the Autopilot system in Europe: the company’s electric cars come without rain sensors and Determine by using artificially processed camera images insteadWhether and how much windshield wipers should be on. And because Tesla Autopilot requires a clear view for the sensors behind the windscreen, Wipe AI is activated automatically as soon as you turn it on. Overall, this may be an elegant solution, but in practice the results are quite annoying.
German Nickname for Tesla System
The problem seems to have only existed since Tesla started last spring in the United States to abandon the radar sensor that was always installed in the front. As for a reason for this, CEO Elon Musk explained that The way forward for autonomous driving is “only in sight” at Tesla., that is, only in the evaluation of optical sensors. It is not certain whether the radar information is not taken into account in vehicles that still have this sensor. But recently the Model 3 and Model Y are also being delivered in Europe without it.
One consequence of this is that automatic autopilot steering can currently only be used up to 140 km/h – previously it was 150 km/h, but at least it was Tesla’s speed limit for Vision cars only in Europe In May, a software update slightly increased the speed from the previous maximum of 130 km/h. At the same time, however, radar cancellation forced automatic windscreen wipers to be activated when using the autopilot. And because it sometimes acts silly, the new Tesla system with cameras just got a German nickname: Wipe Only.
Well, this is an issue. A few bugs on the windscreen and wipers just won’t stop on a Vision car. can it be fixed @Elon Musk,
New meaning only for wisch (wisch = German to wipe)
video credits @ModelXOlli pic.twitter.com/RrxcKBcSVT
— tesla_adri (@tesla_adri) 16 June 2022
This can be explained by the fact that the automatic system in a new Tesla did not want to stop wiping with some insect residue on the window, although the road and car are free from rain, as one video shows. In recordings on a German Autobahn, the dismayed remarks of the driver can be heard on the one hand, and the incessant squeak on the wiper’s dry window on the other. Without “sight only” you can easily turn off the windshield wipers in this position, but without the radar in Tesla you can no longer use automatic steering.
Autopilot radar may be back
According to comments on the Twitter video, the problem of overzealous vipers also exists in the United States. In the current case, even after cleaning the window, it was not over, wrote the German Tesla driver. Others then suggest trying restarting the vehicle’s computer. Overall, autopilot enthusiasm in Europe is now clearly clouded, as there has been no progress here for a long time and The start of beta testing with a completely new version of FSD is a long time to come,
To address the additional wiper problem, Tesla may make rain detection more accurate or not activate it automatically and instead eliminate Autopilot steering if visibility becomes too poor. But radar may also return: in early June it became known that Tesla filed for approval of a new high-resolution sensor in the US in January Is.
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