Is Tesla, Inc. 's autopilot bag worth 8000 US dollars (the domestic price is 56000 yuan)?

Recently, the influential American "Consumer report" has obtained the popular Model 3 for testing. The conclusion of the Consumer report is that Tesla, Inc. impressively marked it on his official website and publicity.Fully autopilotthe name falls short of the reality.

How did the Consumer report come to such a conclusion?

Not very clever FSD.

Car owners should not rely on Tesla, Inc. 's FSD to ensure safe or easy driving. "

Let's talk about the conclusion first, then the test method.

The Consumer report tested a variety of "autopilot" functions of Tesla, Inc. 's Model 3 model.

The FSD system tested is the latest update 2020.24.6.4 software, and Hardware 3 hardware.

At this stage, Tesla, Inc. 's autopilot mainly includes two modules, one is adaptive cruise, the other is lane keeping function. These two basic capabilities have achieved standard allocation for mass production.

The scenarios or technologies involved in these two functions include automatic parking, lane selection, road sign recognition, as well as autonomous parking, summoning, navigation and so on.

Autonomous parking

When the car owner drives into the parking lot, Tesla, Inc. will find a suitable parking space through the camera and display "P" on the screen. After the owner confirms it, he will put it into reverse gear, and then the parking will be completed entirely by the vehicle itself.

However, Tesla, Inc. 's performance is very unstable.

For example, the system will ignore the appropriate parking spaces from time to time, and the identification of parking spaces is completely controlled by the program and cannot be artificially intervened.

However, the "suitable parking space" that has been determined and used by the system will be ignored the next time it passes by, and the judgment standard of the algorithm is really unintelligible.

In addition, a question about whether it is big or small is that Tesla, Inc. 's autonomous parking is always incorrect, and foreign "old drivers" reported that after getting off the bus, they found their car parked crooked (cockeyed fashion) in the parking space, which was very embarrassing.

Remote control

The use scene of this function is to deal with extremely narrow parking spaces, where car owners use mobile phones to control the driving of their cars within a certain distance to avoid squeezing up and down the narrow space.

However, in the test results, Tesla, Inc. will appear in the narrow parking space judgment is not correct, only half of the body into the parking space on the default completion of the action, the need for artificial correction.

The user manual of Model 3 also has a clever "risk aversion" description: parking in a narrow space may affect the normal operation of the sensor and increase the risk of the vehicle colliding with the surrounding objects.

Vehicle call

Vehicle summoning is a much more advanced function than remote control, and the vehicle can come out from the parking to find the owner.

But Consumer report still found a lot of problems in the test.

The first is route choice. Vehicles often choose an overly complex route, which takes a long time.

In the process of marching, the system cannot recognizeInternal identification of parking lotTurning a blind eye to parking and no-traffic signs increases the risk of accidents.

Autopilot also has imprecise control problems, such as choosing too large a turning radius, stopping when it is about to hit another vehicle, and reversing to adjust.

In the course of the test, there was also a more serious problem. The vehicle was directly stuck and stopped on the uphill road. It is not clear whether this problem is an individual case or the general situation of Tesla, Inc. 's autopilot.

Navigation function of Autopilot

This feature proactively guides your car from the on-ramp to the off-ramp of the highway, including recommending lane changes, automatic turn signals, and identifying the correct exits.

Objectively speaking, the test results are basically in line with Tesla, Inc. 's official propaganda description.

But the problem is still too difficult to ignore. For example, there are occasional misses of exits and vehicles driving in overtaking lanes for a long time after changing lanes.

However, what is more serious and has security risks is that this function of the vehicle has also been suddenly closed offline.

Sign recognition

This is the latest addition to the fully autopilot capability package and is used in conjunction with adaptive cruise control and lane maintenance assistance systems.

Tesla, Inc. said that when Autopilot is involved, the system "can identify stop signs and traffic lights and, under your active supervision, automatically slow down to stop as you approach".

If the intersection is clear, the driver can gently press the accelerator pedal or pull down the selector lever to keep the car moving.

Only when a front car can follow through the green light, Tesla, Inc. will drive through the green light without stopping by himself.

The test found that Tesla, Inc. occasionally braked too far from the stop sign, causing the driver to step on the accelerator pedal or change gears many times in order to drive the car all the way to the stop sign.

In some cases, the system does not recognize the stop sign at all, forcing testers to hit the brakes to avoid driving directly through the traffic lights.

The system also has problems navigating around the island, stopping at each exit when it goes around the island. The system will also slam on the brakes as it approaches the yield sign, even if the confluence of vehicles is obvious.

Of course, the testing is not all shortcomings, such as automatic lane change function performed well in the test, there is no disturbing situation.

Even so, the Consumer report reminds car owners that in most cases, Tesla, Inc. needs the driver's full attention to avoid completely letting go of the system.

The owner of Tesla, Inc. does not approve.

So, we have come to the conclusion that Tesla, Inc. 's complete autopilot does not live up to its name and is difficult to trust. Do Tesla, Inc. users agree?

On Twitter, most of the users in the comments below in this report support Tesla, Inc..

They believe that Tesla, Inc. 's autopilot certainly has its shortcomings, but it is already the best on the market.

In practical use, Autopilot does help car owners reduce a lot of burden.

Moreover, sensible people who have a little bit in mind also know that "full autopilot" cannot be realized. This is a propaganda phrase of Tesla, Inc., and they will not rest assured and have fun in the driver's seat.

From this point of view, it is true to say that Tesla, Inc. FSD "does not live up to its name", but car owners do not recognize it.

In fact, Tesla, Inc. 's radical propaganda method has already been controversial. At the present stage when autopilot is not realized, it is suspected of misleading consumers by promoting "full autopilot" and playing some word games on the specific description.

Qubits have been introduced before, and courts in Germany and South Korea ruled in July to ban Tesla, Inc. from using such misleading propaganda techniques in their home markets.

The feud between Consumer report and Tesla, Inc.

Speaking of the US Consumer report, which did this test, there are also on-and-off love-hate entanglements with Tesla, Inc..

Consumer report is a magazine sponsored by the American Consumer Union (Consumers Union) that affects American consumer culture. It has a long history and is authoritative.

Since its inception, the magazine has never been advertised. Consumers think that the "report" does not look at any business face and is trustworthy.

In fact, it has been the honeymoon period for Tesla, Inc. and Consumer report until 2016.

Tesla, Inc. 's Model S model has always been ranked first in terms of safety, innovation and so on.

Tesla, Inc. also agreed with the result and praised the Consumer report in his publicity.

The two families supported each other, reciprocated courtesy, and enjoyed themselves.

However, from 2017, the report began to downgrade Tesla, Inc. 's evaluation year by year, with the Model X and Model 3 listed as "top ten unreliable models" and "only reaching the average level".

Among them, Model X also got the last place.

In this regard, Tesla, Inc. once unceremoniously replied:

The reliability rating of Consumer reports lags far behind reality, and their findings are not released until many months after the investigation.

With regard to the Consumer report's predicted rating on the reliability of Model 3, it is important to note that the agency has not yet tested the Model 3, let alone has no substantial understanding of the design and manufacture of Model 3.

In addition, our data have proved time and again that the reports of the Consumer report are consistently inaccurate and misleading to consumers.

However, up to now, it can also be found on Tesla, Inc. 's official website that Tesla, Inc. Model S has been scored 99 points in safety by the Consumer report, making it the first in history.

And Musk forwarded the result at that time.