Hello and welcome to a new day, a new year. I hope you feel as though you are true to yourself, because there are a lot of car companies in need of some self-reflection today for The Morning Shift of Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. 1st Gear: So CR Tested Tesla Smart Summon And Charitably Called It A ‘Science Experiment’ Tesla tech is great when you know, expect, and follow within its limitations. How that tech is used in the real world, by eager and/or ignorant drivers fed on Tesla’s boisterous self-promotion, doesn’t always look like that. As such, it’s little surprise to see how the Smart Summon roll-out has gone. Advertisement But that’s all real-world yahoos having issues. What about when the serious professionals at Consumer Reports got their hands on Smart Summon for its Model 3? Er. Could have been better: Jake Fisher, CR’s senior director of auto testing, says consumers are not getting fully tested, consumer-ready technology. In essence, he says, Tesla owners are being enlisted as beta testers to help fine-tune the technology for the future—even though they’re paying $6,000 up front for the promised automation. “What consumers are really getting is the chance to participate in… Read full this story
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