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    True Cost of EV Ownership - According to Texas Public Policy Foundation

    We screwed up, everyone! Quick, sell your EVs and go back to gas. According to a Texas report, our EV's cost the equivalent of $17/gallon to fuel. If you want a real laugh, give this a read: https://www.texaspolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-10-TrueCostofEVs-BennettIsaac.pdf
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    Tesla Data Leak Shows Complaints of Unintended Braking and Acceleration

    https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/25/23737972/tesla-whistleblower-leak-fsd-complaints-self-driving Oddly there were more reports of phantom acceleration than phantom braking, which took me by surprise.
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    Autopilot had no involvement in fatal Texas Tesla crash, NTSB says

    To counter some of the other threads blaming AP/FSD for crashes, here is an article that was just released after NTSB finished their investigation: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/02/autopilot-had-no-involvment-in-fatal-texas-tesla-crash-ntsb-says/
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    Hot Cars Article - Let's Break It Down

    Here is a recent article released about Tesla from Hot Cars: 11 Problems With Tesla Nobody Talks About https://www.hotcars.com/problems-with-tesla-nobody-talks-about/ There are quite a few reasons why people tend to gravitate toward big names like Tesla. For one, the more popularized...
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    Have FSD Beta / AP Problems? Do you also have...

    Starting to see a pattern, and am curious if there is some correlation. If you have FSD Beta problems, AP Problems, tons of phantom braking, do you also have: 1) GPS issues. While driving, zoom in close on your car on the map. Is your car precisely where it should be on the road? If it's even...
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    Engineering Explained

    An interesting video I ran into today on the Semi:
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    China Sends a Warning to the U.S. About Domestic EV Battery Production

    Well this is going to be fun... https://jalopnik.com/china-sends-a-warning-to-the-u-s-about-domestic-ev-bat-1849541906
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    Summon From Garage Failure - Rear Hatchback

    I've usually very positive experiences, but here's one that's odd. Before I open a ticket, I wanted to see if others have experienced this: Parked in the garage, fairly tight space, so I use summon to pull the 2021 MY out. But a good percentage of the time, the car comes to life, releases the...
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    Time to start using your PIN to drive...

    BLE is vulnerable to relay hacks, so it's time to start locking our cars with PINs. BLE Relay Hack
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    FSD Beta Experience - Be Careful What You Wish For

    I've been in the FSD Beta since last Christmas. I'm reading many posts from people frustrated they are not on the Beta yet, and others who are on the Beta and complaining about it. So, I want to give everyone my experiences with FSD Beta, try to make everyone understand what's involved in it...
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    Speed while transitioning from city street to residential

    My residential tract is fed from two lighted intersection city streets. One street is 50MPH and the other is 45MPH before the intersection. The problem I'm having with FSD is that when the car crosses the intersection into the residential street, it keeps the speed limit at 50 or 45 until...
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    FSD and the Subwoofer

    I was on FSD yesterday and had a jerky experience, but suddenly thought about the subwoofer. I play music pretty loud, enough so that the sub causes the mirrors to vibrate pretty well. That had me thinking - What is this doing to the cameras, which must also be vibrating pretty well?
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    Power Off

    Trying to use Power Off for a deep reboot. I took out the USB drive, and turned off my phone. Sat in car with the doors closed and windows up. Hit Power Off. Sat there for 30 mins. The car would not go quiet - always had some motor noise. After 30 mins i pressed the break and the car instantly...
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    10.8 Multi Left Turn Lanes

    Anyone else have issues with their car failing to navigate left turns when there's 3 or more left turn lanes? I just got 10.8 yesterday and when navigating near my house, my Y took a left turn that had three left turn lanes. It decided to take the middle lane for the turn. About one third into...