Imagine being stuck behind this when you're driving through a parking lot
if it's going to move that slowly just walk to your car
Yeah it's slow, but it's also a beta for a publicly available feature for letting your car drive itself to you in most environments. Not some gimmick that only works in a controlled environment or that requires specialist hardware.
The speed honestly doesn't really bother me. I'd rather it not run someone over because it's hauling ass through a parking lot. I'm sure it will be improved upon and get a little bit quicker anyway.
That's why it'll have built in sensors to detect when something is in front so it can slow down and/or stop.
Honestly I can see this being useful for handicapped people.
What if i summon the car from inside the store?
Will the car come inside and pick me up??
Yeah but in reality it'll be used by careless assholes who summon their car before they leave the store/building/whatever then get distracted and it spends the next five minutes sitting in the middle of the lot blocking all traffic
I'd be great in sub zero temps so I can stand in the door entrance
I think I've mentioned this before on facepunch; I'm predicting that several major cities are going to pass ordinances banning/restricting this tech very quickly. There's already enough random ordinances about people "live" parking in fire lanes as it is. All it takes is someone dying after one car blocks emergency services (regardless of whether they were dead without the block or not), and NHTSA is going to go absolutely apeshit as well.
And mark my words, this will happen unless every car company agrees to have some very strict rules governing the loitering time of the vehicles. Legislatively speaking, an outright ban is a piece of low hanging fruit that can quash public outcry in response to a tragedy. And that quite a shame, because not needing a valet, or being able to summon your car to you in a heavy rainstorm would be quite convenient.
https://d2t6ms4cjod3h9.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/150215_tesla_big.jpg
FTFY
Eh, I kind of struggle to see how the car would get into that situation anyway if it's just following the owner around.
What's hard to see about potential misuse of the feature?
If it obstructs normal traffic, people are going to be pissed. If that obstruction creates or exacerbates an emergency, someone is going to take advantage of it to score cheap political points.
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