Review of a 2022 Tesla Model Y (Europe) https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/up5qtz/review_of_a_2022_tesla_model_y_europe/?Localization - town signs aren’t recognized (speed limit)
The localization of the car for Austria is poor - or shall I dare say non-existent? Tesla has an official presence in my country since 2017 - five years since writing this review. But it seems like even the slightest localization effort is too much. The first localization issue I’d like to mention concerns city or town signs. The car just doesn’t recognize them as such. Which is bad, because a town sign also usually signifies a speed limit change. When on Autopilot the car happily soars past the town sign with 100km/h and only afterwards slows down. If caught by police that’d cost any driver their license on the spot.
Localization - speed reduction after speed sign
Another localization issue seems to be the fact that the car begins slowing down, very gently, only after it has passed speed limit signs. At least in the countries I know this is illegal - the speed that the sign indicates must be matched when passing it, not afterwards.
Localization - road sign misidentification
Another annoying issue is that the car reads the “end of paid parking zone” signs in my city as “end of speed limit” signs. Every time.
Localization - navigation only knows about a small percentage of chargers
A major oversight is also the fact that the car just doesn’t know about most of the charging stations in my city. The navigation only lists charging stations from certain vendors - those that are actually a tiny minority. The stations of the majority provider (the city’s own charging stations) aren’t listed at all. The same seems to be true for other towns and cities in Austria. Again, I just don’t get Tesla’s laziness in this regard - all EV mobile phone apps that I’ve tried (also non-local ones) have a complete list. Just Tesla doesn’t.