My guess is it isn't significantly easier to retrain AP to account for rear steering than it would be for FSD. I suspect we'll get them both around the same time. Locking the rear steering out for highway AP is an interesting idea, though. Like you said I imagine most would be happy to make that compromise in the short term. I quite like FSD, but highway AP is a game changer for longer trips.
Finally someone shared their true position on this
Now I can just ignore anything you say on the topic of FSD.
That's your opinion. I'm curious as to how much time or road miles you've spent with FSD engaged. I've done thousands, and it's definitely a huge driver relief mode and safer overall. Yes, I've stopped it from doing things that I thought were about to go very bad, I've stopped it from changing lanes because it didn't know what lane it really needed to be in (and I've been wrong about that several times). It's definitely way safer than manually driving shortly after dusk when deer are next to invisible alongside the road. Overall, I would use FSD almost all the time as I really like how it allows me to have my head on a swivel.
I've had FSD slow down as well as speed up to avoid a lane infringement. When it speeds up it is often a surprise because unless you're spending all your time with the rear view and side mirrors, it's tough to realize the true threat of the traffic behind you (their distance and closure rate). FSD is continuously monitoring such.
CT is using different hardware from what the OG AP was built for. It wouldn’t be trivial to bring that functionality to CT. I think while it might be possible, it would likely cause further delays for FSD on CT.
I would bet that Robotaxis FSD hardware will be same (or iterative version of same) as Cybertruck hardware, both for economies of scale and for programming simplicity (minus rear-steer).
If something would be that easy then Tesla would have done it. Usually us armchair designers don't truly understand all the constraints. I recently had somebody (a smart but non EV person) tell me that if the battery died you should just tow the Tesla and use regenerative braking to charge the battery. That's a surefire method of seriously damaging, if not destroying, your car.
I have no idea what Robotaxi HW Will be based on. It could be all SW based for use on existing vehicles or it could be something new. But I agree that it’s likely CT and whatever Robotaxi is will share technology.
yeah dreaming on.
