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I saw a thread on a FB group and went out and looked in my car - sometime this afternoon virtually all of the Superchargers south of Virginia along the eastern seaboard were swicthed to "temporary closure." Not sure if they are actually out of service, or just in areas under evacuation...

I had an interesting experience this morning that I'm not sure what to make of, so naturally I rushed over here to tell y'all about it... Several seconds after I engaged Autopilot on my commute this morning, I got the intense, high pitched beep of the forward collision warning, but no red car...

I'm getting close to wrapping up a ~3,000 mile week and a half road trip under 8.1 / 17.24.30. The energy remaining at destination is a wonderful feature and a game changer, and more feedback from it would help more. In particular, I'd like to see how the instant or short term consumption...

I'm in the middle of a long East coast road trip, and I just realized: under firmware 8.1 (and I think later 8.0 builds,) Autopilot recognizes and reacts to construction barrels. I suppose I need to start with a disclaimer - using Autopilot in construction zones is specifically not recommended...

I'm not 100% certain this is the right sub-forum for this, but it seemed like the best of the available options. I recently came across this video which shows how a typical Adaptive Cruise sees the environment: Long range radar I don't know the specifics of the car involved, and the link that...

While I've seen a lot of discussions on the pros and cons of Autopilot "hold steering wheel" prompts and Elon's tweets/blog posts about the timing, I haven't seen anyone do an organized look at how often they occurs or what factors affect them. Today I ended up going on a wild goose chase to...

Well, okay, not exactly. But this is a 1956 GM video featuring automotive "Autopilot" including Autosteer, if not in exactly the form we expect today. :)

Audi apparently just released a web based traffic light information system on a few of their 2017 models - it gets data from a server about when the lights will change and displays a countdown in the IC. Some folks are hailing it as the first step in Automated Driving (would have thought AP...

In a thread about the Bolt recently, I once again came across the belief that most Tesla owners have a harem of cars (as the other poster put it) and that Tesla wasn't really suited to road trips and didn't need to be. My X is my only car, and I do plan to take it a number of road trips, but...

So I just got my X home - still kinda in shock that nothing went wrong, but I think I'm going to like it - and plugged it in to the EVSEUpgrade modified Nissan J1772 240V cable I've been using to charge my Volt for more than 4 years. The charge port lights white when I open the door, then goes...

I know there's been a fair amount of discussion in the past about the value and safety of drafting during long trips, but it seems to me like TACC/AP changes things. Drafting a semi while in TACC shouldn't add any real risk for either one of you, provided the semi doesn't hit something or throw...

I don't have any experience with Adaptive Cruise, and I was thinking about it during my drive home yesterday and had some questions that I haven't seen answers for yet. Developing answers outside of a lab environment could be dangerous in some cases, and I'm not asking people to experiment -...

It seems like one of the most common problems with the Model S is dying/failed 12V battery. (Not that it happens a lot, just more than most problems.) On the Model S, the nosecone can be removed from a dead car to access 12V power terminals - but the X doesn't have one. I realize there...

I was talking with someone about how the Volt's brake system works and how the high pressure accumulator would provide stopping power even if the car lost all power, and that got me wondering: The new Autopilot cars all use the Bosch iBooster, right? That's a 12V drive motor geared directly...

After searching through Google, I don't think there's a thread on TMC for this yet. Top Gear didn't complain about the P85D pulling power during their laps - and thinks the main thing it needs for the track is better brakes: Speed Week: Tesla Model S P85D vs BMW i8 | Top Gear

One of the posters in the 70D-105D thread threw this idea out in passing, and I thought it might be worth more serious consideration. Generally when people talk about adding batteries to a modern EV, it just isn't practical - you have to match the ~400V output, and somehow deal with safely...

(mod note: split from Multi-gear EVs are probably the future) One motor per wheel is desirable for a bunch of other reasons, both traction and stability/handling benefit greatly from being able to independently apply arbitrary amounts of torque to each wheel. All the serious EV supercars are...

I had a thought as I was fighting my way through traffic without all of the fancy aids this afternoon, and I figured I'd ask how Tesla has it set up. Firmware 6.2 introduced collision avoidance braking, right? With a normal cruise control, when you press the accelerator while on cruise, the...

I was surprised that I didn't see a thread on this here; Green car reports apparently put together an article on why the Model X is late, blaming EPA rated ranges, towing issues, and the Falcon wing doors: Why Tesla Model X Electric SUV Is Late: Range, Towing, 'Falcon Doors' Walter

Those of you who've been using TACC these last couple weeks: Do you have a feel for how precisely it mimics the acceleration/deceleration of the car in front of you? Does it vary when set to different distances? Something today got me thinking about the post I saw the other day where they saw...

This is something of an off-the-wall theoretical question, but is there a way to turn off the car's built in 3G cellular radio? As long as the service is free, I'm not sure there's an obvious reason to for most people, but I was curious... Walter

In a couple of threads recently people have been talking about the difference between the S60 and S85. As far as I can tell, the only difference is the battery pack, right? the same inverter, the same motor, and all the same aerodynamics? The 60 kWh car is 4,407 pounds to the 85 kWh car's...

I've owned a Volt for two years now, and am fairly active at gm-volt. The Model S is far enough beyond my normal budget that I may never buy one, and certainly don't expect to soon. It is one of the few cars I find interesting these days however, and so I've been lurking a lot lately. There've...