Recent content by aaelghat

I sprung for FSD. Part of it is I want to be a part of the growth, and experience the slow rollouw of features first-hand. I also want to get a free hardware upgrade if necessary. I remember (although I can't find it now) reading something from Elon, or on the Tesla website that EAP used 4...

Hi - so I was invited to configure on March 22nd, but didn't configure because I wanted to know what the dual motor pricing and specs would be. When it was revealed dual motor would be $5K, I went ahead and configured on May 20th. After I was assigned a VIN, Tesla reduced the price to $4K...

For what it’s worth, I said I did not have a trade in, which was my true intent at the time. After my service advisor contacted me, I said I still wasn’t sure if I was going to trade-in, it all depended on the price I was offered. He said no problem, and emailed me what I needed to provide him...

Cool tool! Out of curiosity what is it built in? Google Sheets? Wordpress? Something else? I’d like to create an online calculator for a completely different purpose. Thanks!

It’s very possible the high-voltage pack is fine and all the electrical issues are a result of the 12V battery. I seem to recall the symptoms experienced by the OP are similar to what happens when the 12 volt fails, so the pack can no longer connect to it to charge it, and of course all he cars...

It's been said a lot of thought was put into a world of autonomous driving and (with news of the camera on the rear-view mirror) autonomous Tesla ride-sharing. I imagine the door opens electrically because the designers thought ahead to the Tesla Ride Sharing program. Someone hails a car, the...

Did you notice how there was a piece of paper taped to the bottom of the display, with the tape running along the bottom edge? I am guessing that was meant to be a cover, so that the paper could be flipped up and hide the display when necessary (e.g. when supercharging). I'm hoping the...

If you think about it, even though Tesla is building out their own supplemental database, Tesla has to rely on third-party geo-spatial companies for worldwide maps, otherwise Autopilot and navigation would only know about the small fraction of roads that Tesla's have ridden on. You don't want...

I would agree with this. Mapping company supplies Tesla with data including (for example) the curvature of a road. Tesla supplies mapping company with data on (for example) prevalence of lane markings, discrepencies in vehicle coordinates vs. mapping coordinates, etc. Mapping company supplements...

You live in Illinois - do you have ComEd for your electricity? If so, you will probably save money by switching to hourly pricing and charging your car at night. Prices (just for the electricity itself) are typically less than 2 cents per kWh in the wee hours. The link below shows you the...

If your commute isn't that long, you may want to look into a used Volt. Volt's have taken a big depreciation hit, and many are in the $10 - $15K range. The first generation of the Volt allowed you to go 38 miles on battery power only. If you only drive 13,000 miles in 3 years. it might make...

What??!! I think I'm an episode behind, but last I knew you weren't invited to the reveal, and you were going to be in Hawaii and had to take a puddle jumper to Oahu to make your in-store reservation. I can't wait to listen and hear what transpired to change both those things. Love the podcast...

The dash was specifically talked about in one of the Periscope test drive videos. Motor trend asked the Tesla driver (Doug) about the minimalist dash, and how close it was to what would be in production. Doug said it was pretty close, and that the team really thought a lot about what the...

Hi - I haven't seen this previously posted, and I assume this isn't against the rules... but here is a link to a picture of the 7.0 firmware Tesla Firmware Update 7.0

I haven't read all 198 pages of this thread, but a large reason for the delays (I believe) is that Apple has been poaching a large number of the AutoPilot engineers (including the head of the program) with signing offers of $250,000 and promises to double their Tesla salary so they could work on...