Kim Java - Preview Gravity?

[martinjlm]

Amazing that cars ever caught on, given that Horses already had autonomous driving.

Yeah, but the mapping software sucked.

 

[TahoeMichael]

Looking at her review, seems to be very nitpicking….there is a reason you carry a keycard….soft reset is also there for a reason…..

I know software still needs improving, but they just go on and on about a few minor things and did not use the keycard as intended.

And that constant..” it doesn’t have FSD” the same Tesla fanboy nonsense……why does every Tesla cult member need to bring that up….most people don’t care and just drive their cars. The mere fact they brought up FSD makes this review biased beyond proportion. You can’t realistically expect other car companies to suddenly have FSD comparable tech. And Rivian that she mentions point to point coming ….ITS NOWHERE CLOSE…they don’t even have a chip yet….

I think there's a lot to love about the Gravity. But I 100% disagree with you about the keycard. First off, it's ridiculous that you even need to have a keycard. No other vehicle I've owned has done that, instead the fob itself has backup access for when the fob battery is dead. Now when someone borrows the car, you need to remember to give them both keys, and get both keys back, which is just silly. It's one of the dumb design decisions that Tesla has normalized. And the only circumstances in which it should be acceptable to fall back on the keycard is if you've lost the fob, or the fob's battery is dead. Having to do a soft reset is also pretty bad. If I loan a Gravity to a friend, am I supposed to have to give them a tutorial on how to reset it, and then hope they remember when they need it? I get that there's a complicated set of software that's hard to make perfect. But as a professional software engineer, it's not impressive how frequently resets are required. If they cannot hit the right quality level to avoid frequent resets, it'd be much better to do something like watchdog resets in an attempt to avoid the customer having to do them.

 

[TahoeMichael]

Yeah, but the mapping software sucked.

Well, for new destinations. But horses are decent at knowing how to take you home. But I still want more than 1 HP in a vehicle. The obvious solution is to breed teacup horses, teach them how to drive, and give one to every customer.