Tesla owner braves fast food Drive-thru in Smart Summon test

By Joey Klender Posted on January 18, 2020 Tesla’s Smart Summon feature has conquered thunderstorms to pick up a family, snow-covered roads, and crowded parking lots successfully. But this time around, the popular Full Self-Driving feature may be facing its toughest test yet — a fast-food drive-thru. Mark Bianco of the BackseatBaller YouTube channel tested …

Watch Tesla Smart Summon react to a runaway “shopping cart” in latest obstacle test

By Joey Klender Posted on December 15, 2019 Tesla Model 3 owner and electric car enthusiast Kevin Rooke performed an experiment with Smart Summon, showcasing its ability to react to moving obstacles in a simulated runaway shopping cart test. Rooke performed a separate Smart Summon test in mid-November, where he put the software through its …

Tesla owner Smart Summons Model 3 across a snow covered parking lot

By Joey Klender Posted on December 2, 2019 A Tesla Model 3 owner demonstrated his vehicle’s ability to “Smart Summon” across a snow-covered parking lot and it performed flawlessly. The video posted to Youtube is one of the first instances of Smart Summon being used in conditions where minimal visual indicators exist for the vehicle’s …