This is a real “AI” ad from the US government about the end of the mandatory use of the auto start-stop.
This is from the official Whitehouse Instagram.
Only things I can see that gives it away that the video is generated is the red car’s brake lights being on while accelerating. The obvious stereotypes of bule haired lesbians vs the blonde.
Also they have no insignias on the cars but that’s definitely a Prius and idk what the red car is, the red car might not exist in real life.
Spoting generated videos is going to get harder. However if it’s obvious propaganda from the state then you should be suspicious.
It’s impressive for generated video even though it is stupid as fuck. I won’t get too in the weeds about why this is stupid as the point of the post is more about the use of AI in state sponsored propaganda.
Just to get it out of the way, here is why this is a stupid policy:
- [Auto stop helps fuel economy by 7% - 26%](https://www/. consumerreports.org/cars/fuel-economy-efficiency/does-start-stop-function-really-improve-cars-fuel-economy-a1028235974/)
- my 10+ year old car has auto stop, it can be disabled with a button, and if it needs to turn on the ac, the engine will auto start.
- Auto stop has nothing to do with the cost of cars increasing, it’s the regime’s terrible policies and other factors that have driven prices up.
- Hybrid cars like the Prius will use the electric engine at a stop.
- forcing car companies to change features because the US president said so will increase manufacturing costs and prices.
I once rented the cheapest three cylinder Renault to drive in the mountainous terrain in 40 degree heat. The car barely managed to go uphill but not once I had problems with the AC or the start stop system. In the heat the car would stop the engine and then turn it back on as soon as temperature deviated from the set target. This would repeat two to three times, then it would just preemptively show a message on the screen saying “prioritizing thermal comfort” when stopped. The start-stop would resume as usual when it got cooler, no input was required at all.
Never got the hate for the feature, you just have to remember to jerk the steering wheel a bit before the light change if starting 1.5 seconds earlier is critical.
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That feels more like shitty electronics rather than something inherent for start stop. Sometimes my car fails to figure out that it’s time to engage the clutch and I’m sitting and revving like an idiot without moving. Modern cars are terrible, unfortunately, parts for older cars are terrible as well.
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At least some of the problems that are reported from auto start stop are because people don’t understand that battery load can cause it to not operate at all (I. e. not stop the vehicle running) meaning they don’t get the cost savings on gas. Or that eventually your battery will need to be changed and it needs to be an AGM battery.
Every other time I’ve seen there be a problem it was because something was badly manufactured and there was a subsequent recall.
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That sounds like a defect. It obviously shouldn’t happen in a new or even used car being sold by a dealer.
In any case, I’m not really defending Auto Start/Stop so much as I’m pointing out that the problems with it are either recall/manufacturer defect related or user ignorance.
The only reason it exists is to give better fuel efficiency (and less emissions) because that’s a regulation through the NTSB. So I do wonder (if they did get rid of the requirement) how car companies would work within the ever more stringent fuel efficiency requirements.
At this rate my guess is Hybrids or full electric vehicles.