Recent content by abasile

Longtime mountain resident here. Really hoping to see lots of Supercharger stalls in Big Bear, given the number of Tesla visitors we see! But this will take time, given the site and infrastructure requirements. For what it’s worth, I regularly use FSD Beta on mountain roads, mainly when traffic...

Glad to see this thread. It’s probably premature to look for permits, as Tesla’s real challenge will be to find a good site. Given the large numbers of Tesla vehicles we see here in the mountains, mostly visitors, the Big Bear site should probably offer 20 stalls at minimum. Ideally, there will...

The need for human labelers isn’t going away anytime soon, but it may be reduced. By all accounts, letting go of 13% of these workers is not a huge deal. (In the Bay Area, they’ll have no trouble finding other jobs.) Also, my experience is that Autopilot is improving. I am seeing fewer phantom...

Driving on a rural Interstate earlier this week, we were passing a truck and I became worried about it prematurely merging into our lane. I sped up to get out of its way, and in so doing, exceeded the Auto Steer speed limit. As a result, Autopilot was disabled for the remainder of the drive. I...

Premium unleaded has been selling for $7.09/gallon here. Not too far off! In recent months, we've gotten plenty of comments about the fact that we don't have to pay for gas. I usually respond with a sympathetic tone and mention that the high cost of fuel affects all of us via the increased cost...

I especially enjoyed hearing about JT‘s past experience at Tesla and his early interest in electric vehicles. We ourselves purchased a Nissan Leaf as soon as our reservation came up, and we later purchased a 2012 Model S (used, from Tesla). However, I am not on board with some of the negative...

Leaving the car plugged in isn't going to reduce the overall battery cycle count enough to matter. It will, however, give the driver more available range for many drives. The term "battery life" is kind of ambiguous. Not sure if it means battery capacity or simply the amount of charge...

Tesla could have shipped the vehicle from the factory with FSD enabled and listed on the Monroney window sticker. Immediately prior to sale, Tesla could have removed FSD at the request of the customer. I highly doubt they would have printed a new window sticker, though.

I think this is just Tesla encouraging new owners to establish a habit of charging regularly, for the best possible user experience. With a gasoline car, you normally don't bother filling up until most of the fuel is gone. It's enough of an inconvenience to go to the gas station that most...

Yes. 15 to 164 to 95/68 to 93 to Kingman.

We live high in the mountains not far from Big Bear Lake, California, and as we park outdoors, it's a given that we are going to be tracking mud, snow, and grime into our cars. As a result, we value having durable, rugged floor mats that are easy to clean while protecting the floor. We were...

I'm not convinced that a holding company is going to happen. Today, there's a great deal of collaboration and cross pollination between Tesla, SpaceX, and Boring, and this will continue regardless. To comply with US defense-related rules, SpaceX needs to be kept reasonably independent of Elon's...

In addition to some of the issues mentioned here, it bothers me that the Bluetooth menu is now buried under Controls. As the driver, I sometimes need to switch whose phone is coupled to the car, and this has become more cumbersome. (The person in the passenger seat can’t always handle this, as...

Haven’t yet watched the podcast, but the Rivian truck is really more comparable to the early Model S, rather than the Roadster, relative to the history/lifecycle of the company. The volume of the Roadster was extremely limited, it was more of a proof of concept, and Tesla was not yet a public...

Hopefully, Elon is not tipping their hand too far by publicly announcing that SpaceX is working around Russian jamming! It would be unfortunate if this attracts additional Russian attention toward Ukrainian Starlink users. I suppose the Russian leaders would eventually figure this out, anyway.