Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 2: Utah Colorado Line
Posted on Aug 13, 2016 in Perspective, Technology Impacting Auto Insurance | Comments Off on Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 2: Utah Colorado Line
7:25 PM. Not sure we will make the Colorado Kansas line today but we will give it a fighting chance. The Tesla’s lane keeping automation utilizes the road lines to center the car. But the center of the lane does not always look like the center to the driver, or better said, the driver probably does not know where the true center of the lane is. That is a good example of...
Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 2: Changing Lanes
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2:47, P.M. Richland, Utah. We are about 1/5 the way across the country. It’s a big place! Automated features do decrease driver fatigue but using new technology and of course driving in new territories add to the effort. A couple observations about some automated features… When the driver puts the turn signal on for change lanes, the vehicle evaluates the risks. If it...
Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 2: Pit stop
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11:07 A.M. What is a little bit of an unexpected pleasure is the rest stops to charge the battery. The Tesla charge last about 300 miles but the Tesla real charging stations are about 100 miles apart so you have to stop more frequently than you would for a gas station. This charging station is in the town of Saint George, Utah and is located behind a Starbucks. So while we wait 30...
Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 2: Leaving Las Vegas
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Just outside of Vegas. We will just stop to refill battery. Nevada allows Level 3 driving while on a highway. Oddly on this section of Route 15, the lanes are not that clearly marked. Charley seems to be struggling a little bit on staying in the center of the lines it is having a hard time seeing. It is also focusing on the car in front of me. Mike Nelson is embarking on a...
Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 2: Travels with Charley
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Yesterday we started the journey by heading out of Barstow, California at 5:30 pm driving northeast on Route 15. It was not ideal. Traffic on a Friday night in a L.A. rush hour on “the 5” was a bear. This morning is a perfect contrast. Wide open highways. Auto pilot is engaged and doing its thing. We pass other vehicles in the right lane without effort or thought and we...
Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 1: Testing out the Tesla
Posted on Aug 12, 2016 in Perspective, Technology Impacting Auto Insurance | Comments Off on Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 1: Testing out the Tesla
Mike Nelson is embarking on a cross-country road trip from Orange County, California to New York City in a Tesla 90D Model S. The Model S is equipped with autopilot and electric all-wheel drive. Mike will share his experiences on the road with autonomous technology with Up to Speed readers in a series of posts. In order to develop a deeper understanding of autonomous vehicles, I...
