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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...