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One reason I wouldn't trust Tesla's FSD: Sun glare: https://www.reddit.com/r/TeslaFSD/comments/1huzgtu/tesla_fsd...

Drivers have tackled this problem by wearing polaroid sunglasses.

I really hope someone asks Tesla how they plan to solve the Sun glare issue.

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I'm sure they'll figure this out right around the time they test the cars in places that have more than one season.

They don’t even work well in California. Driving into sun? Car loses all lane visibility and yells at you. Driving late at night? Can’t detect lanes and complains about blinded cameras.

If only there was some kinda technology that didn’t rely on optics that could see in pitch dark or when the sun is shining.

Next up: they put LCD layer with selective dimming over cameras and claim world's first instead of investing in lidar/radar as they should from the start rather than dropping it "coz it is not needed"

According to users, that issue appears to be solved as of FSD v13. The solution may be reliant on the higher quality camera modules shipped with hardware 4.

Will Tesla recall the old defective cars?

For people who paid for FSD, I think they should.

So why did it ever ship like that?

Why was that OK? Why was it safe to let people use like that without informing them?

When people are so taken by your brand that they volunteer their money and lives to test your half-baked product, why would you stop them?

Because all cars ship with design flaws. Basically any model of car out there is known for its particular parts that break often.

I have hw4. Not fixed.

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