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"The new Model 3 can now automatically switch between Drive and Reverse when the vehicle comes to a stop" sounds scary. How? Why? When? I already had a couple of instances where I entered the car, there was nothing in front of me and by pressing the accelerator the car backed instead of going forward... just because it believed I wanted to exit the parking by reversing. Imagine having it all automated now. You stop in the middle of a road, it senses wrongly that you are willing to park, puts reverse and... boom. Or at least you're just wasting time... reversing the reversal.
To enter reverse, you must first apply the brake and then turn the steering wheel. This action confirms your intention to reverse. It’s not a random process. Also, if I recall correctly, the vehicle provides auditory feedback after each step is completed.
All this while singing a song? Are you serious about turning the steering wheel?
Nope, there's no auditory feedback, also because on the highland the noise insulation (from windows, not from wheels, ironically) is so strong that you can't even hear the rear gear buzz.
I am aware on how auto shift works, and yes, for the most part you can’t choose in that scenario which way it’s gonna go because the car is relying on its own sensors to know which way to choose. With the shifting into reverse automatically it’s not how you would select your drive or reverse in a parking space this time it basically just streamline the process of shifting into reverse for example, if you saw a parking spot you liked, and you were going back into it obviously you have to turn the steering wheel to back into it and then shifted into reverse. In this case you would just hit the break as well and it would shift by itself. In this way, it’s more of your choice instead of you relying fully on what the car choosesAll this while singing a song? Are you serious about turning the steering wheel?
The current way the Highland works is that after you connect the seatbelt*, you apply brakes, it turns D or R based on the last parking, i.e. if there was an obstacle in front or not at the moment of parking, that is the scenario I was describing. How is that connected to the steering wheel? In that specific scenario I didn't touch the steering wheel and it just went backwards, because the car parked in front of me at the moment of parking meanwhile had left.
*and this is already annoying, with every other car these are two simultaneous actions to me, i.e. I engage gears while I'm connecting the seatbelt... at least, they should make it that if the brake is already applied, connecting the seatbelt should be enough, not requiring to lift the foot and apply the brake once again
I'm still confused. From where do you get that steering drives the gear selection? I have no experience about that. Or is it a speculation about the upcoming version?
It was a feature that was introduced into the Model S and Model X earlier this year. I remember it well because it worked pretty well. It’s a two-step process like if you were backing out of a space from reverse to shift out of reverse, you would make the steering wheel straight and then hit the brake. I think we had a slight miscommunication because I was talking about the version of auto shift I remember, which had this two-step process as well as shifting from park to reverse, and I think you were referring to just regular auto shift where shifts into drive or reverse immediately when you get in the car by hitting the brake.
Yes indeed, actually I was referring to the fact that the current "hello world" highland auto-shift already works so and so, both as it cannot read the context when you "start" the car and because the safety belt plus brake sequence is just plain stupid.
I like that Arrival State of charge, Maps update and other small things are coming, but as always, we are still missing out on the major features out there Fingers still crossed that Intel/Europe doesnt get abandoned before we can get some of those big ones (FSD, Summon/Autopark with less restrictions...)I'm guessing that will be an option at some point but really- you're looking at the camera views when backing so something visual makes sense.
