Active Drive Assist will cost $1,400 (says Autoline Daily)

[jhalkias]

So almost $10K for Beta mis-labeled software. Wonder how the Stans will react?

 

[GoGoGadgetMachE]

Having been developing software since the 1980's, we had a much simpler way of explaining it:

You can have it good.

You can have it fast.

You can have it cheap.

But you only get to pick any two of those.....

Edit: Never Mind - I see someone already posted this on page 4 with that cool graphic!!!!!



Jim

see, you proved the point - you posted fast and cheap but it wasn't as good!

 

[Jim_I]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Jim

 

[Gary Hankins]

While the Active Driving Assist is interesting, the $1,400 price tag goes far beyond interesting and kills the deal.

 

[hybrid2bev]

While the Active Driving Assist is interesting, the $1,400 price tag goes far beyond interesting and kills the deal.

You must have missed the news. Its $600 now ($100 incentives for early adopters to make it net at $500).

https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...nounced-ota-update-available-in-q3-2021.1869/

 

[Wildthing]

While the Active Driving Assist is interesting, the $1,400 price tag goes far beyond interesting and kills the deal.

That's not $1,400, that's $600 with a $100 rebate, look at the other thread announcing the price

 

[ChasingCoral]

*Active Drive Assist is a hands-free highway driving feature. The Active Drive Assist Prep Kit contains the hardware required for this feature. Software for the feature will be available for purchase at a later date.

*Active Drive Assist functionality expected 3rd quarter 2021CY. Separate payment for feature software required to activate full functionality at that time.

Hardware is included. Software is not.

 

[Ponypower50]

No Thank You!

 

[generaltso]

No Thank You!

What are you saying no to?

 

[Maric]

First day buy for me.

 

[DBC]

The good thing about waiting for the MME is that you have a shorter wait until you can get ADA. It's a no brainer if you do any freeway driving, including (maybe especially) on a commute.

I'm amazed that this feature isn't recognized for the big deal it is.

 

[FPLiptak]

Someone changed lanes into our Leaf a couple of weeks ago, so it's in the shop and we have a loaner Camry. It has adaptive cruise control -- my first time using ACC. Wanting to make sure we don't crash the loaner, I've left ACC in 3 "bars" of space (about 3 seconds following distance). Everyone jumps into that large a space.

I think what is needed is a roof-mounted RPG Launcher to take care of those that cut into that space.

I know this because I have been using ACC in both the Fusion Energi and the the MKZ Hybrid. I have it set for the 3 bars and quite often get cut-off which the ACC reacts to very quickly.

 

[FPLiptak]

I would never pay for navigation. They support Android Auto & Apple CarPlay so plan on using Google Maps when needed.

AA & ACP are great if you have signal but I travel in a lot of areas in Utah and in National Parks where there is no cell service. Also, I used to visit a lot of very out of the way places that had no cell service so I always used my Garmin and kept up with the FREE map / POIs.

 

[macchiaz-o]

AA & ACP are great if you have signal but I travel in a lot of areas in Utah and in National Parks where there is no cell service. Also, I used to visit a lot of very out of the way places that had no cell service so I always used my Garmin and kept up with the FREE map / POIs.

Android Auto navigation works without data coverage as long as you download offline maps into Google Maps ahead of your trip.

I used it extensively this summer on a road trip through the southern Utah and northern Arizona parks. No T-Mobile coverage at the parks.