Listen to “AAH #798 – Toyota Takes on Road Safety” on Spreaker.
– Toyota Safety Research
– Can Slate Survive?
– Was Ford Misleading with Sales Report?
– Lincoln vs. Cadillac Sales
– Polestar Kicked Out of U.S.
– Fiat’s Poor Sales, But Stellantis Does Better Overall
– Volkswagen Group in Trouble, Cutting Plants and Jobs
– Is BMW’s Multi-Powertrain Strategy in the U.S. the Right Move?
– Toyota Grows Electrified Mix
PANEL:
Jason Hallman, Senior Researcher, Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center
Jamie Butters, Autotown
Gary Vasilash, shinymetalboxes.net
John McElroy, Autoline.tv
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I traded in a 2017 Prius Prime because TSSP was so engineering inept. TSSP used “lane alert” to the driver instead of PID steering to keep the car in lane. If left alone, “lane correct” on the third correction, headed at highway speed off the road and toward a ditch or power pole.
The replacement 2019 Model 3 had early AutoPilot and saved me and my family the second month. I had five micro-sleep events my wife identified and I only sensed the last three. But AutoPilot kept us in the lane at a safe speed and not hit other traffic. AutoPilot paid for the Tesla by preventing a highway speed, drive off the the road and crash into a power pole or deep ditch.
After 15 minutes, I could tell Jason’s research had little to do with operational aspects of automated driving as much as ‘man-in-the-loop’ systems like TSSP. I don’t have time to listen to someone so removed from operational aspects of driver assistance systems.