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Funny you should say that. I've been experiencing the exact same thing. Car is very new, no alignment problems, and the left-side bias is huge. And, it always happens (100% repeatable) in the same spots on certain roads. In other places it is fine. The dash display shows the car hitting the...

This. New management probably came in and said, "Sorry Elon, but the previous folks sold you a bill of goods. We have to start over." So they stabilized what they could on the piece of *sugar* and now we won't see much from this team until they rebuild everything. Wake me up when it's summer 2018.

Put me down for 10 years minimum, 20 years probably more likely, and no guarantee any of us will see it in our lifetimes. The problem went from looking ridiculous to merely impossible, and everyone (especially investors and the press) got really excited. But barring some harrowing series of...

Am I the only one worrying about the security angle? Lots of folks fork Linux and Webkit and then let it rot. Every maker of routers, and most phone makers for instance. We've seen the results - which included botnets big enough to cause mass domain name resolution outages. Even Webkit updated...

I guess what I'm saying is, there may be a lot of people who want to spend a couple hundred grand on a nice car, where if the priority is just overall quality of the ride, they will choose Tesla, because it spanks the former market leaders, even though EV started out as, basically, a negative...

I know it's an old comment, but just for the heck of it: I have no doubt many Tesla buyers are motivated by sustainability and are coming from Prius, etc. even though it is a big price point jump. I am a stolen BMW/Benz customer. I looked at the top end 7-series, S-class... fully decked out...

My guess is that this autopilot, with such a high investment in optically ID'ing dotted-line lane markings on the road, is still liable to mistake the dotted markings on the bottom edge of the side of the semi for a lane line (that is, potentially, further to the right, as extrapolated onto the...

Definitely true that Tesla elected to use a traffic data supplier other than Google. Had that confirmed for me by Tesla support. They wouldn't say which, but it is pretty obviously something bundled by Garmin/Navigon. And they know it is unusably bad. Leading to the hilarious sight of thousands...

P90DL... The first clue I had about how much people were going to bug out on this car came in the first hour of owning it, when a toll plaza operator, helping me cope with a non-working EZ-Pass (lol Tesla windshield that needs it to be in exactly the right spot for it to work) held up a line of...

Hah! Sorry, didn't realize there was history there. :) Was genuinely curious how we saw the LG/GM battery strategy argument being made there. So, that's one vote for "it's wrong" - though, I am curious, is there a short answer for why? Is it that the cylindrical/18650 approach remains superior...

FYI, recent coverage on flat/prismatic cell usage and its supposed superior characteristics: Tesla: A Gigafactory Challenge - Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) | Seeking Alpha This is credited for being part of how LG and GM beat Tesla to market with a $38k ($30k after rebates), 200 mile EV.

Driver's side door handle Sadly, just a couple months into ownership, the first door handle failure has already occurred, on the driver's side door. First sign something was wrong: I noticed that the door handle was sometimes trying to close on my hand, after I stepped out and was using it to...

Having both LTE connectivity and GPS issues suggests some kind of problem with the antenna or signal pathways common to the radios, or something interfering with normal radio function. Or, it could be an LTE radio issue alone, as internet problems could adversely affect GPS (not necessarily, and...

I completely get where you're coming from. Some operators are horrible - to do business with and at their business (bumping, etc). I can see where it would turn anyone off to trying to park in the city. I just stuck with it, read reviews, and shopped around. I've found places I'm happy with. In...

Just to take the contrary side of this for fun... the best time to buy is actually right now. Arguably the very best time to order was September or October. A few reasons: The statements about Tesla not having model years seem to be true. Having seen a number of different Model S up close I can...