Tesla Smart Summon in a Mall Parking Lot - Does it Actually Work?

Putting my Tesla Smart Summon to the test in busy parking lot. Will it actually come to pick me up on it's on?
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[@justrandomthings319]

Straight to the point. No bullshit or fillers. 👍🏾

[@firechariot6948]

Yes!

[@manveenthind6049]

It would be nice when the car is out of sight it gives you access to all cameras to see the cars surroundings (as extra added safety)

[@VWorldWide]

And a speaker to yell through

[@crypt0sFX]

@@VWorldWide Hahaha I can see it being used as a big roaming megaphone.

[@jhovjhov]

It's able to this already btw

[@SANOmalli]

Yep IT CAN. Already

[@YesukeTheJuggler]

@@VWorldWide that exists already

[@clementswetzell9830]

The summon works great on a open lot with no traffic … it’s more like a feature to show what the car is capable off doing without a driver

[@M3NTALMAGIC]

Agreed it’s a show mode feature rather than a quick pick me up it’s raining 🌧️ outside

[@rmeden1]

I have it also and have had similar experiences. It's a great party trick, but quite embarrassing when you need to go out in the middle of the land and rescue it :)

[@POGAuto]

So true!

[@MidWesti]

i think you need to remain 100% still.. every time you started walking, the car would stutter or stop.

[@Kr8tiveTranquilitea]

Right!!!! It attempts to recompute eveytime you move

[@jaygasca1025]

LMAO bro yes. Kinda pissed me off 💀

[@kikidoll7101]

Yep, that's what I was saying. It was actively thinking and recalculating. However, it shouldn't have ever gotten into the other lane, but I like that it was extra cautious around the baby stroller.

[@rihabandraaifastoyreviewerchan]

No it has a system which could follow you while you walk

[@0226memo]

It might just be his network connection. When I summon mine it keeps moving even if I am walking around

[@shotsofkennessy]

This video gave me anxiety 😂 I tried smart summon in a high traffic area as well, and I’ll NEVER do it again. Only in a low traffic area. I found regular summon a lot more useful

[@xenai.]

Even if it had good reviews I wouldn't be able to trust it. I don't have a far yet but wouldn't trust the car going on its own unless I'm inside

[@M3NTALMAGIC]

Not designed for high traffic areas-parking lots and empty surroundings

[@sunshine0282]

What really baffles me is the fact that our grandchildren will be laughing at us when they watch these videos and find out what we thought was cool back then😅.

[@Grant-du8ix]

I love how you raise your voice everytime people walk by you so that they can hear that no one is driving the vehicle and show off lmao

[@ninjaguyYT]

It's the whole point of having it.

[@thebagnechannel3183]

I have the same car. After watching your video, I’ll pass on using this feature. Thanks for making it.

[@sandrameza7102]

Bought a used tesla and the summons feature was installed. I'm scared to death to try it out (my precious) 🤣

[@M3NTALMAGIC]

The trial period is 30 days go have some fun-just for the looky loos reactions

[@sasukesuite1]

2:27 is a daily occurrence with summon lol

[@mvb819]

Maybe it saw the blond and got distracted.

[@JessSkubi]

I love this test for smart summons. I'm an owner of an app. Technology, can only be at it's best with customer feedback, use, and proper data. It can only get better with these experiences. Awesome job! I can't wait to try this feature.

[@BesttBi]

This was awesome. Thank you for taking the time to show the feature, man! :)

[@callbettersaul]

Ignoring the times the car has driven itself against a pole, smart summon is a pretty cool feature.

[@seb.]

Another feature that hasn't progressed much since its launch, I will stick to basic AP (EAP isn't worth it)

[@mannyislikethat]

If you've seen older videos you would see progress. Major progress. Autopilot is more confident with pulling out of parking spaces and more aware of it's surroundings so it's not constantly stopping for people walking by that are a cars length away. It's also more confident with stopping and turning and doesnt move at such a slow speed like it did back then. And this is an SUV. The Model 3 wasn't close to being as confident as the Model X is.

[@Superman-xr1oh]

@@mannyislikethat Okay.

[@FackeYu]

@@mannyislikethat honestly, if this is currently "majorly progressed", I have to ask... did the old version do its absolute best to try to crash into absolutely everything in any way possible? this is laughably bad, it could only be worse if it tried to actively crash into things as opposed to avoiding them.

[@karanjaggi8438]

@@FackeYu he has the old model x

[@TheAngelOfDeath000]

@@Superman-xr1oh wanna be account 🫵🤡

[@hitf5]

Smart Summon seems very expensive for the very limited use cases. With most crowded parking lots, there is so much chaos that I would think it would be incredibly difficult for the car to process everything that is going on around it. I really can't believe anyone would pay for this feature right now. Maybe Tesla should call it a charitable donation so at least you could write it off. I would be embarrassed to admit I wasted the money.

[@douglas12398n]

If a human can process it, a literal computer can process it better.

[@Cosmic-Bear.]

I don't give a damn about self-driving features on the streets but this... this is pretty damn cool.

[@cantdriveslo]

You never experienced fsd. Once you do, you'll change your comment

[@kevculmstock1]

It would be much faster to just walk to it.

[@yessir-kk8oy]

Imagine how cool it would be if u needed an uber or something to pick you up, so you just summon your tesla

[@PhilipTamhk]

This function is VERY useful in case your car is got "stuck" and you can't even open the door to get inside the car. I saw a real story in Hong Kong how a Model S owner spend hours managed to move his car from a JAMMED space.... Life will be MUCH easier if this function is available at that time ;-)

[@POGAuto]

I’ve done that test, i have a video how it refused to pull out

[@Mrtweet81]

@@POGAuto Why were you very frustrated about it if you hadn’t even tried it yet?

[@georgejungle138]

@@POGAutothat’s what she said

[@onurerk]

Last few summons were pretty bad. It stopped in the middle of the lanes and gone on the opposite lane for the other one 🤔

[@jaymarclucas3560]

They’ve had smart summon out for almost 2 years now…and up until now it hasn’t improved one bit and I still don’t see it functional on a daily use. They should prioritize updating this function to be more efficient. Hopefully, before the end of next year.

[@Seitenwerk]

I feel like new companies lien Nio are already overtaking Tesla with both quality and car tec. I have seen a ET5 consumer version at atonomous driving and it’s a lot more capable than Tesla. I feel like it took them just to much time altough there way initially ahead of time

[@eddienicolas415]

I can imagine how embarrassing it must feel when it behaves the way it did on your video but please keep using and keep in mind that Tedla continues to collect our data in situations like this to better improve.

[@youngchirp12]

Yeah that was kind of crazy but it's still a good feature to me though can't know of a car do no s*** like that other than that Kia but That's going reverse and forward which Tesla can also do I like the garage feature when it just go in the garage by itself

[@srqcrna]

Ill give you props, you did it there are ppl around.

[@RamseyNick]

I really hope it'll work in the future. I've had FSD on my Tesla for almost 3 years and it's a love/hate situation.

[@mattyoz0]

My anxiety would be through the roof trying this.

[@Dtitilator]

It would be nice to summon a vehicle miles away to pick you up like an Uber. Maybe the vehicle should just zero in on your cellphone or key signal. Perhaps in the future.

[@datbeasleyboy]

My biggest issue with Smart Summon is I don't think it has a reason for practical use . Normal Summon ( the one you use to get out of tight parking spaces) does have a practical use because that happens all the time. But Smart Summon I don't see having a need for it. If you think about it I think you're supposed to do it if it's raining or bad weather and you don't have to walk to the car. But if you have to have the car in view , most likely you have to be outside anyway to safely. So you're standing in the rain to observe the car coming. Which in the same amount of time you could have just walked to the car. Right now it just seems like it's a neat trick you can show people but that's all.

[@everythingyousayiscorrect]

Yeah, I’m starting to notice that Teslas are the Samsung of the electric vehicles. A bunch of useless parlor tricks. Wish I had money for a lucid.

[@huhuhu543]

It crossed over the yellow line whereas it could HV gone a lil ahead and then took a left turn avoiding crossing over the yellow line

[@andyshane4167]

Here's our goal: with the windows obscured, observers can't tell if a person or the autopilot is driving. As a Tesla owner, I'm thinking it is ten years away. Really.

[@pogospin984]

Have you driven with the newest fsd versions? Because it already is better than the average human driver. Yes you might still need to interdict every once in a while but in my opinion you already cant tell between human or AI.

[@superscooper18]

@@pogospin984 Currently on 11.4.2 I have to intervene every drive.

[@novalfn_]

@@pogospin984 well obviously its better then some humans. But since its more a off a in development feature it should be used in safe situations

[@zambartas]

@@pogospin984 Does it get you from point A to B while you take a nap? I know most people in the car don't have to worry when most people are driving.

[@rickhaller3328]

Thank you for this demo ! I’ve been wondering how it works.

[@VWorldWide]

I think it takes safety Into consideration . When there are a bunch of diffrent things going on it takes safety first I think that is what's going on. All the cars and people moving around.

[@mako9673]

Not bad, but feel it needs the full self driving software to be a little more effective. I am fearful to try it in a crowded area because of pissing people off or curbing a wheel =)

[@Gamewizard71]

Fuck people

[@Poopmannn]

Or killing someone

[@jeremiahpuckett5836]

We aren’t far off from Knight Rider “KITT, come pick me up!” “Right away, Michael.”

[@dancedricarevalo5326]

Questions: - what happens if you keep pressing the button and there's traffic in front of it? - can you not just press the button once and just wait? - have you tried using it in a make shift, dirt parking lot (e.g.: imagine you go out of town and there's just a makeshift parking lot with rows of cars and it's not really a road so it's not going to show up in Google Maps or something)

[@0226memo]

If there's traffic in front of it or if the cameras/sensors detect pedestrians walking across the lot, it will wait for them to clear then continue. As far as the button I think it just depends on what your trying to get it to do. On mine if I'm having it park in a tight spot, I have to hold the direction arrow ( forward or back ) and releasing it will stop the car. But if I hit the smart summon ( go to target, or come to me ) I only have to press it once and it does everything by itself without holding anything. I honestly think it also has to do with which software version of Autopilot/FSD you have, and the vehicles surroundings

[@dsense00]

I had FSD for a month by subscription and I tested the summon MANY times but it always did this 2:30 Always ended up running to the car and shoving in all the grocery in to get out of traffic asap

[@crazydudeqqqw]

Bruh I swear the summon ALWAYS buggs out when other ppl are around. Hence why I havent used the feature fully in years. Now I just use it to pull further in/out of parking spots

[@flyingchimp12]

I think the best part about this would be the old people interested in it lol

[@User_handle-i1i]

Try set the target come to target. Come to me doesnt work bc gps is sometimes confused

[@raymondwong2521]

The summon almost always fails in my driveway. I have a ramp at the end of my long driveway. I always like to back up the car all the way to the front of my vacation home so that I don't have to walk up the driveway. Yet, the back camera almost always treats the ramp as a wall behind the Model X and the Model X just stops and cannot go any further as I intent it to .... lol So much for camera-based autopilot and summon. I call it features with sure limitations. Luckily, I did not pay for the FSD, I bought my Model X as pre-owned from Tesla website and it came with FSD and it was already $18,000 cheaper than a brand-new one without the FSD.

[@mojopimp2020]

yeah that is dangerous AF

[@wynnmac6639]

Video was okay. Ideal would be to stand in one spot and summon the car. The constant moving made no sense.

[@rpgllcphones7356]

Smart summon works great only when you're further away from the car great video by the way but it defeats the purpose of summon when you was just walking behind the car but as I said great video

[@DeniJasmina]

“This was embarrassing”.. lol! Yes it was

[@ardo111]

Me: "Is that Calgary?" *Fish creek library in the back* .... Yep lol

[@gailsfoodandstuff]

and i thought, when i got remote start years ago, that it was all that… but this is amazing.

[@mtgmtg3090]

Cop to empty Tesla: "Sir do you know how fast you were going."?

[@vincediniel1139]

Imagine if it goes berserk lol

[@oaoskey6051]

No thanks

[@ZAKIZZY]

Has it gotten any better? Not sure I’d want to pay for or use this feature if this is how it works.

[@alexp535]

I think having any enhance or full auto pilot features is waste of money or people are more lazy this day. good video!

[@ChickyNugg]

it should pick up some hints from the FSD stack if it hasn't in the past 2 years

[@thoang101]

My Tesla Model X stop in the middle of the road when using self-drive too. It got confused sometime and then stop because it doesn't know what to do.

[@Ryan.Games420]

worlds biggest rc car lol

[@mannyislikethat]

Progress was definetely made. Smart Summon now compared to videos I've seen from 2-3 years ago, you can zee the diffrence. Autopilot is now more confident with backing up, it stops, and makes turns more confidentially as well rather than coming to complete stop cause someone passed behind it a Rolls-Royce length away.

[@Superman-xr1oh]

Okay.

[@callmelarry7499]

@@Superman-xr1oh some people just can't admit it sucks and doesn't work correctly

[@Superman-xr1oh]

@@callmelarry7499 It's a cheap gimmick to be honest.

[@michaelnelson7240]

I have used this but I rather steer it from my phone

[@nebiyuasfaw985]

Smart summon has been pretty bad in my experience too. I wish they would fix it.

[@boybabyboy29]

That’s a really cool feature but I think it should utilize more sensors and more cameras like radar, LiDAR and other sensors and it should have more controls like a radio controlled cars so you can keep out of traffic and pedestrians and low objects like sidewalks and curves with visual cameras on your phone so that you can see where you are going the, military can control drones why can’t we control our cars in the same way?

[@joeburrow8295]

I have fsd and it acts so intelligently when it’s driving but when I use summon it’s like it’s drunk lol.

[@javed6598]

How many damm Teslas this guy own?lol Every time I try to watch a video about Tesla, I see him with a different model.

[@alexl7015]

Probably rented

[@POGAuto]

Not a rental 🙄

[@CUPID-VC4L]

Yes because you kept moving jeezus Christ bro 😂

[@UberDude]

Yes, it really is terrifying to use. But you have to keep using it.

[@Pmc987]

Funny thing is it won’t let you use FSF in the rain but they promote using smart summon to get the car in the rain lol

[@POGAuto]

I have done a video in rain as well

[@SealA2g]

Top tip: if you press the break when the door’s open it closes

[@SL123-zd6kf]

Can you imagine having to drive behind that ha ha ha

[@super_populr]

I have it too and will not be using it, FSD also sucks.

[@mateogomez8413]

the software communicates via bluetooth with the cell phone, so you have to stay still and not move so that the car locates your position, if you are going to start moving the car it will have to recalculate your position, that is why it stops several times, it is a nice feature, but not for idiots who don't know how to use it.

[@fongmily]

i find it super annoying, while it works well when no one is around... people walking always walk up in front of the car to see why theres no driver.. stopping the car, then wondering why the car is in the way and not moving....

[@Kimbrough87]

They should have it to where the cameras display on your phone, the surroundings

[@kingzach74]

Yeah and let you drive it like an RC car, while still having the sensors prevent it from hitting other vehicles.

[@Kimbrough87]

@@kingzach74 no rules when you a Boss you play how you like 😉

[@DescartesRenegade]

70% of the god damn time it errors out when I try summon. Either there's no connection or it says bad connection.

[@OnlyDubai]

So scary 😧 thanks for sharing

[@Jzak25]

Yeah...thank you for the demo, but I ain't going to let a 6 figure iron steed run on its own without it's Master in it

[@robertpurvis403]

Summons Still have lots of issues. I tried my and just stopped in the middle of the road after it pulled out of the parking lot

[@hassammanals]

what if someone is front of the car and you hold the button will it stop or not

[@tiantony4416]

.... why do you even need this function? To feel like batman?

[@medannylee1]

Still work to do.

[@pauljeffries1426]

Not "so far, so good". In the first (outside) example, the car was illegally and dangerously driving on the park of a two-way lane when existing the parking lot (it should have been at the stop sign, by backing up more and/or making a hard right when moving forward). And it ran the stop sign. In the second example, it's a bit scary to see it in that dark space with so many people walking around (including a little kid). But setting that aside, when it emerged it cut across the wrong lane (turning left way too soon), blocked it, and then moved diagonally in a manner that isn't how the road is meant to be traversed. This caused an (edited) disruption for the oncoming car behind it. Only after all that did it get stuck there (as the narrator said).

[@SuperSqueakyboy]

Imagine when the smart summon is finally refined, the price will be more than $6K.

[@tz230]

Whole idea of self driving is good, I subscribe for it a week ago to test out $209 per month cancel after 5 days, what are bullshit. And now don’t know why my autopilot and cruz control stop working, schedule appointment for December 13 to fix it. Unbelievable shit

[@gokupizar]

Why not a full remote control from the mobile activating some cameras then you can see the road and everything!!

[@PaxtonXu]

can it go to different floors?

[@zhengtli]

Be extremely carefully on Teslas. I just heard a case that my friend parked his Tesla on the curside in a neighborhood. After leaving the car, it pulled itself and crashed in to the house at the end of the court. The car was totaled and he has to pay the damage to the house. Image that you are the owner of the house.

[@klopcodez]

It was Hacked then

[@Mrtweet81]

The insurance would pay for that if it was true, and since you say he has to pay that means you are lying

[@marcos.2332]

I think a mix of tesla vision and uss would be perfect...

[@aymanmazarati3864]

I think as an engineer, you should test this outside the city and should have someone in the car for urgent issue. I think you are making a big mistake from the point of view of justice and law. Be careful

[@slymasterjag]

don't know why but whhy the windows down when its raining ? amazing video!!!

[@kingzach74]

Maybe foggy windows with the rain?

[@simeonellinger2064]

So people can see nobody is at the wheel

[@BSallDAY86]

You have it all. Starbucks and Tesla. Not made for people like me

[@Pinnacle17]

why did i feel like he was walking his dog in the beginning

[@rohithgoud549]

It's all fun until It points itself to another city and starts going.. 😂

[@Mabeylater293]

How can it be so smart for FSD but so stupid for smart summon?

[@SamSam-jn2rw]

Stop waking around because - stand still for gps

[@YeshuaLove0722]

I can see this when pouring down Rain

[@Judgedredd18]

why do you keep walking away from it?

[@tz1592]

That was SCARY!!!!!

[@Shadow_of_Christ]

I think the rain reflections were messing with it the behavior of the car almost looked way too cautious

[@shawkatshareef3558]

This is excruciatingly painfully delayed response from the car. I would rather just go to the car, open the door, sit on the driver's seat, start the vehicle, and go! Wow, even that's sounds so difficult these days, right folks! 😁😁😁

[@rhemy1]

How can a Tesla be a self-driving taxi service when it can’t even navigate a parking lot

[@chrissturley823]

Very cool. I wish I could afford one. I am currently driving a 2009 Nissan Versa which I bought with 100,000 miles on the odometer and it was in fantastic condition. It runs like new still and I’ve only had to do basic maintenance plus an exhaust repair. I bought it for $650. I’ve priced the Tesla’s that I’d like. Realistically, I’d have to spend somewhere between $30-50k to get a used Tesla with the features specs mileage condition that I want. So it’s going to cost me at least $29,350 more than what I spent on my little Nissan. Lol. I can’t complain about my Nissan. I got the deal of a lifetime on it and it drives very comfortably. Gas doesn’t cost me much. Repairs and maintenance for that vehicle is quite affordable. But it has zero options. Not even power locks or windows. And if I get in a crash, I’ll probably die. A Tesla would be infinitely more safe. I’ve been watching videos like these to see if the auto pilot or the full self drive modes are really worth the extra money. Does anybody know if I can upgrade to FSD AFTER I buy the car? Or does it have to come from the factory with that option installed?

[@POGAuto]

With my tesla you can pay the current price and upgrade to fsd

[@Brainfiizz]

Its crap No? Do you have to hold a finger on to the screen?

[@JimCornetta]

More money than brains here

[@tednguyen208]

Use it only when there’s no traffic behind or people be pissed.

[@cryptoinside8814]

Not sure how FSD will work if a simple summon doesn’t work. 😢 I haven’t tried it recently on my X, let me try it again if software has improved 😮

[@xyzxyz6406]

Been playing with my smart summon on my model S and I got to say it's a little glitchy. Will probably just use regular summon to pull out of a parking space.

[@amoryerenhouse5535]

I wish instead of showing you the map while summoning it would show you the cameras

[@POGAuto]

that could be a cool option to have

[@DS-pk4eh]

Why are you changing your positions all the time? You are just confusing it