Recent content by KBF

Not sure if this has been mentioned here, but it's a good reminder things are still happening in multiple areas for the company: Tesla Semi pilot expands to Martin Brower Another customer for the Semi pilot project. I like the glowing reviews by the drivers: while I wish they would ramp Semi...

https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-tesla-sweden-conflict-if-metall-union/ Elon is confident things will be fine in Sweden, according to a recent X Spaces interview. Contrast that to the union reps, who are convinced their latest attempt can't be bypassed: they're blocking new Superchargers...

Some of my disengagements so far are from wanting to drive more aggressively than my car (passing the car ahead quickly on a winding road - legal but you have to be aggressive to be safe). This won't reflect most disengagements, but just pointing out x% are perhaps even the opposite (my...

Oh oh... I just got the free FSD this week, and I've apparently been training it to be very aggressive. Sorry everyone... 😎 It is interesting that on the highway I can use the scroll wheel to set my FSD speed, but in town that's not available... But if I nudge my accelerator briefly the car...

Ah, so it's not about actual ethics, it sounds like you're concerned about how others perceive you and your car. Honest questions - what do you think is the worst thing that could happen with that potential association? Do you feel that you have no power to change others' perception (or help...

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-semi-shipped-over-20k-battery-packs-from-giga-nevada/ I may have missed recent Tesla Semi news, and maybe this was already known, but it's nice to have confirmation that Tesla does indeed use a fleet of Semi's for shipping batteries from Nevada to Fremont. 20,000...

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-sweden-record-delivery-loophole/ Not sure if this is new or if it's been active for awhile, but it looks like Tesla Sweden is indeed sending mail to a separate office in Stockholm, bypassing the mail strike. No need for customers to order backup plates. I still...

I believe every data point is important to note, even if it may be an outlier and doesn't actually contribute to a reliable extrapolative pattern. But every data point indicates potential issues that need to be guarded against to reduce future issues. And, of course, if an outlier becomes too...

On the other hand - many people still rightfully want to see what they're purchasing with their own eyes before buying anything expensive. The combination Store/Service Centre is beneficial. But I won't disagree about the service center alone - again, back to my own history, once Manitoba had...

That's helpful, I didn't know this. Though I bet if I tell my wife that it'll cost $300 she'll agree with me that using our normal remote is just fine... Personally, I love having a choice - it adds some transparency to the actual cost of things. I'll use that $300 on more useful things in my...

The Ranger that visited me last winter used a beautiful blue Model X. I've never had service come to my home from any other car company. Super convenient - it's a bit of a counterpoint to those who say not having a Tesla Store is a massive deal. This softens it a bit (though doesn't negate the...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/18/new-tesla-kids-book-breaks-down-the-tech-for-a-younger-audience-and-might-just-save-the-world/ Interesting story - twins who live near a Tesla factory wrote a book about Tesla/dispelling EV myths. Anyone come across this book? Seems like pretty good...

Just got this text from Tesla: "We are very excited to invite you to Winnipeg's soft launch of our brand new service, and eventually sales and delivery centre. Our event will take place on March 23rd, from 11am-5pm. We will be hosting demo drives in our brand new upgraded Model 3, and Model...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68457087 Apparently Germany needs to up their cybersecurity. And it looks like Russia is trying to correlate modern Germany with WW2 Germany... We'll see how this affects German politics. Apart from the attempted shaming/political ramifications of this...

The China FSD rumors are interesting to me. On the one hand, China is very concerned about non-governmental power/influence (particularly mega corps - they see corporate lobbying as corruption and have worked for years to root it out), and I was wondering how they'd respond to a private entity...