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I am glad about the suspension and the noise reduction. My older version was ok I those respects, but I am happy to see refinements. I could definitely get used to shifting on screen and could probably get used to the turn signal buttons on the wheel. I will certainly be considering a new...

It will be interesting to see what further develops for LFP, though I have to think that in the reasonably near future we will have alternatives for EVs beyond NCA and LFP.

I wonder how that breaks down for Tesla vs. non-Tesla owners. The number one concern appears to be charging infrastructure, which is still not a pretty picture in North America for non-Tesla owners, though it will improve to the extent they soon get access to Tesla charging. Interestingly, the...

But if he does leave, that would be a net benefit. It is not that he has brought little to Tesla - in my view, he has done a lot, for the company and for the development of EVs generally. But it is also my view that at this point his negatives outweigh the positives that he brings. Further...

Not all tires for all drivers last only 1.5 years. Depends on the tire, and how it is driven. I certainly have done better than that.

Mind you, I do hope that battery costs come down significantly and that the batteries themselves become less resource intensive. To be seen....

Agree entirely. I have made the same point on another thread, but the general response was that the low profile tires 'look cool'. I guess that is a matter of subjective taste, a taste that I do not share at all. There is some basis for the claim that low profile tires improve handling...

My understanding - based on what I have read online and talking with (most) tire shops - is that you can safely go down one notch in the speed rating (unless you are doing high speed-track driving), but you don't want to mess with the weight rating. I.e., for the Model 3 LR you can put on a tire...

If you are like us, you will worry less about range with a bit of experience. Even beyond daily driving, we road trip regularly and find that relying on the Tesla trip navigator allows for comfortable trips between brief Supercharger stops at about the same interval and for about the same...

Welcome. How are you finding the ownership experience so far?

I believe there is a setting you can choose where cooling goes on automatically beyond a certain temperature.

Some vastly different experiences and levels of satisfaction have been reported by different people in this thread. For example, my experiences, mentioned somewhat earlier, were not nearly so positive. And I was far from alone. But the good experience of ajstan quoted above also has parallels...

But how is Tesla going to do this? Who is going to be doing the work?

I just do not understand what is going on. Has he fired the Supercharger team, plans on rehiring, and then intends to proceed with a further expansion of the Supercharger network? Or is he perhaps going to reallocate other still-existing Tesla resources to do this? Or is he going to contract...

I wonder if the reliability and accuracy of Tesla FSD may vary according to the area in which the car is driving. My own experiences detailed above were in three different areas. One area was downtown and suburban Ottawa; that was the area where FSD was basically unusable for me. The other big...

I am glad that at least one of the departing senior employees has had the courage to speak frankly – even if not in detail – about conditions within the company right now.

I am certainly not an unreserved Tesla fan - and especially NOT an Elon fanboi - but I will say this: My own experience with our Model 3 over the past four years has been one of minimal service requirements. The only two things that have gone wrong have been a creaky front suspension/steering...

I will add one thing to my previous post above. As I said, while my experience on the freeway was better than the basically unusable FSD for urban driving, it was still far from great. One area in particular where the Tesla FSD failed to perform was in thinking ahead and adjusting to allow...

Good to know that FSD works well for some, even if my own recent experience with it was not so positive. Your account makes me more hopeful that it will be more generally usable in the future for everyone.

My own experiments with it over the past weeks have been less positive. While the technology is extremely impressive when it works, it often does not. FSD is constantly being disengaged - either self-disengaging or being manually disengaged by driver interventions - when it cannot handle...

Good video. As I noted in an earlier post, Tesla has not accompanied the Supercharger layoffs with responsibly communicating its future plans to its customers who rely on the network. Based on what we know, and as further indicated in the video, it also has not responsibly communicated its...

I have still not seen a sourced credible explanation of why the Supercharger layoffs were done and how it might constitute a good idea for Tesla and the larger EV project. A reliable, easy-to-use, quickly-expanding, Supercharger network was a significant reason that I bought a Tesla 4 years ago...

This is a quick aside about an issue ultimately not relevant to a Tesla debate, but what you say about auto transmission was true for most of the history of that form of transmission, but is no longer accurate. My understanding is that modern auto transmissions have minimized energy loss and...

Yes. The defective part was replaced free under warranty. The estimate provided by Tesla on the Service tab of the app indicated that it would be free and Tesla stuck to that. No charge at all.

I agree with this. That position by traditional auto manufacturers is why you can now read the same thing, over and over, in media columns from 'independent' auto industry commentators that EV sales are on the 'decline', that people are not buying EVs because of concerns about EV expense...

Well, FSD did not see the wave from the driver of the other car, regardless of the number of cameras that it has. And yes, on a well-lit urban street, a pedestrian can see a driver wave them forward even at night. Will FSD eventually be observant enough and sufficiently advanced in its...

Thanks. Good points. I essentially agree with you.

The way that you worded it, I am not sure what you are saying. In relation to the examples I gave, are you saying that FSD is unsafe? And are you also saying, regardless, that human driving is as unsafe or even more unsafe? And my more fundamental question is how should an eventual...

The article provides some explanation, being the end the end of a tax incentive for battery-electric vehicles in Germany. The same thing has happened in other places where incentives have expired. Vehicles sales have some price-sensitivity, of course, and reducing or eliminating subsidies is...

A brief update. I received a message from Tesla that my free trial has started and I was able to activate the FSD that had been pushed to me in the previous update. Despite my views on FSD as noted in my earlier message above, I decided to give it a try. Tesla FSD v12 is impressive, but at...

We received the update with FSD yesterday, together with the option of activating it with a monthly subscription, but no option that I could see for a free trial. I am in Canada and my experience seems different that what at least one other person in Canada has posted on this thread: i.e...

My own experience of the correlation between 'Tesla range' and real world range perhaps has been somewhat better, though I admit it is affected by a lot of variables. In ideal freeway conditions - not very hot or (especially) not very cold outside temperatures, not raining or snowing, not too...

I have been doing many more road trips in our Model 3 over the last 6 months (doing one now) and agree with the perspective expressed in some earlier posts in this thread that 500+ range is probably not necessary for most people and most applications. Unless battery technology changes so that...

Thanks for the reply. On reflection, it might be that the automatic charging issue will not be a big hurdle. I remember seeing an article about induction charging a few years ago and it did not seem to me that this is futuristic 'pie-in-the-sky' technology. It seems eminently do-able, even if...

Would a robotaxi need human intervention to re-charge, or would automatic charging of some sort be part of the plan as well? I assume the latter, but is that problem fully solved yet?

I have a theory of 'luxury duds'. My theory is that although luxury cars might ideally be expected to be built with more care and with higher quality parts that make them more reliable, the reality is that the luxury aspect of such cars actually tends to be in bells and whistles that give the...

The Service tab of my Tesla App now indicates that the CCS retrofit is available to order. I have been waiting for this for a while, but now am wondering if it is worthwhile. In almost 4 years of Tesla ownership, including numerous road trips, all my needs have been easily met by Level 2...

Thanks. I will try it!

It is true that the Nokian One is speed rated under the OEM tires for the Model 3 LR. But it is only a slight difference. The OEM rating is W while the Nokian One is rated V - a single notch below. The V vs W rating should not matter unless you are planning to do track trials because in...

I have Nokian One tires for 'all-season' (minus winter) use on our 2020 Model 3 LR. A much better tire than the OEM Michelin Primicy MXM4, I think the Nokian Ones are right up there with the best you can get for a Model 3. A 'strong' recommendation on my part. For winter I have Yokohoma...

I remember hearing a suggestion that the retrofit would be necessary to use non-Tesla Level 3 charging even when 3rd-party charge stations start offering NACS plugs. Does anyone know if this suggestion is actually true?

A recent example, among many, of media discussion of potential future battery developments: No Graphite? No Problem, Silicon EV Batteries Are Really Coming

Perhaps the biggest issues for future battery development will be cost and resource intensity. Batteries will need to be cheaper and require fewer non-plentiful resources to manufacture for them to completely revolutionize transport worldwide. They are part of the way there already, but with...

The battery situation with my Tesla Model 3 LR is a bit different that I had anticipated before I bought it 4 years ago. I had feared that to continue to accommodate more than just city driving (i.e, for long range use), I might need a new battery after about 5 years. That almost certainly...

There is a company called Re/Cell that is offering remanufactured battery packs for Model 3/Y for $8,000-10,000, including installation. https://recell-ev.com/ The range of the remanufactured packs is somewhat limited though.

I am hoping that replacement battery costs come down in the future so that when my current battery is reduced in range to a point where it is no longer all that practical for longer trips, it would be a reasonable option to replace it. Ideally the old battery could still do service in a solar...

Slowing down and using cruise control. If you are not using cruise control on the highway you will be going through constant cycles of speeding up and slowing down, even if it is just somewhat minor variations (it is difficult to manually maintain the same speed). The acceleration side of...

I would definitely like more manual settings - especially at the lower end - as I had in previous cars I have owned. I love my Model 3, but the wiper controls are definitely an area where Tesla falls a bit short.

Just encountered this problem myself in trying to connect our iPod Touch to our Model 3 in order to play downloaded music in the car. Wish there were a solution. I am not sure that there is even an effective way to bring the situation to Tesla's attention.

Love the looks of the Model 3. It is among of the better looking cars on the road. The Model Y less so, granted it is nicer looking than most SUVs.