My car doesn’t require internet connection and does this thing where you have to go over 60kmph to activate the lane assist. Ensures you’re only using it on highways as residential streets don’t go that high.
Back when I had my Tesla, Autopilot was great in bumper to bumper traffic for that exact reason. Didn’t have to focus on creeping forward 2 feet at a time, didn’t have to worry about brakes vs acceleration, just let the car inch itself along behind the car in front.
When it was totally stopped on a temporarily closed highway for an hour, Netflix was great too. And A/C without burning a ton of fuel sitting there.
I had a VW car back in 2016 that had lane assist feature that worked really well. Needless to say, car had no Internet connectivity of any kind and it only worked at 60km/h and above.
So yeah why the fuck would such a feature on modern cars require internet connectivity? It doesn’t. But if they tell you it does you will most likely keep your car online.
I truly hate capitalism now. Or rather, late stage capitalism.
You probably need map data to know if you’re on a highway (when lane keeping is allowed) or on surface streets.
It will probably cache relevant maps when heading into a low service area.
Just a guess. I don’t drive a Rivian.
My car doesn’t require internet connection and does this thing where you have to go over 60kmph to activate the lane assist. Ensures you’re only using it on highways as residential streets don’t go that high.
Not with that attitude.
That makes it impossible to activate when in a traffic jam, where it would be really nice (especially combined with adaptive cruise control)
Back when I had my Tesla, Autopilot was great in bumper to bumper traffic for that exact reason. Didn’t have to focus on creeping forward 2 feet at a time, didn’t have to worry about brakes vs acceleration, just let the car inch itself along behind the car in front.
When it was totally stopped on a temporarily closed highway for an hour, Netflix was great too. And A/C without burning a ton of fuel sitting there.
I had a VW car back in 2016 that had lane assist feature that worked really well. Needless to say, car had no Internet connectivity of any kind and it only worked at 60km/h and above.
So yeah why the fuck would such a feature on modern cars require internet connectivity? It doesn’t. But if they tell you it does you will most likely keep your car online.
I truly hate capitalism now. Or rather, late stage capitalism.