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2023 Model Y Performance (LR/AWD) BATTERY PACK SIZE Total: 78.1 kWh Usable: 75.0 kWh 2023 Model Y (LR/AWD) BATTERY PACK SIZE Total: 78.1 kWh Usable: 75.0 kWh 2023 Model Y (RWD)...

For the record, I’m all in on BEV’s. That said, I wanted to point out that you can’t decry the cost of producing ammonia today without considering economies of scale. If ammonia were produced in a volume that compares with gasoline production today, then I have no doubt that the cost of...

If your local TESLA Service Center folks are cool, then drop in w/o an appointment and ask them for help identifying that part number. TESLA has a parts website where you can search for that part number and work through TESLA to order the replacement parts. Be prepared with a reasonable...

I dunno. I’m unconvinced. I wouldn’t be surprised if we are seeing L5 by sometime in 2025.

Reminds me of one well-intended Teamster with whom I had previously worked at UPS. He drove tractor trailers—often triples—for UPS. When we were discussing the impending and eventual release of fully autonomous transport, he said, “No computer can ever do what I do,” to which I thought to...

How have you concluded that FSD is a failure? What evidence of this claim can you point to? To anyone paying attention, it is clear that FSD continues to advance with fewer and fewer interventions. I’m not sure how you can see that as anything but progress. Sure, Elon’s timeline assertions have...

Not sure if it’s a bug or that they wanted it to look like one massive rear view mirror (for the rear and fender cams). Either way, I agree with you that I’d rather see it flipped. 👍🏻

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Ha-ha. Mine basically said the same thing! 🤣 Funny thing is, for whatever reason, TESLA seems to have designed more “holes” for clips to be placed (white ones and black ones) under the frunk liner and shroud than they equip the car with when it is manufactured. My technician attached extra...

If I were you, I would just go to your nearest TESLA service center (walk-in; no appointment) and explain the situation and get their advice on how to handle it. They may advise you to submit a service request via the TESLA mobile app, or they may just install the clip you are likely missing and...

No excuse for driving w/o insurance…PERIOD. None whatsoever. Doing so is stealing from others. Every time an uninsured driver causes a collision, the insurance premiums for every insured driver go up. Not to mention that the insured driver who did not cause the collision still has to pay his or...

Censor much? SMH This is a short format blog. No one wants to read a book.

Understood. I’m paying $50/yr (USD) for the annual subscription from Tessie. Don’t know if it works with AW Gen6 or not, but you could contact Tessie Support and ask. The other features of Tessie combined with this new TESLA Bluetooth key make that $50/yr (USD) more than worth it for me.

Almost nothing about TSLA is “simple”.

Tessie iOS app has Apple Watch support and now offers Bluetooth key support from Apple Watch.

Yeah, definitely used to be more of a deep crimson, more akin to the TMC logo. Now, it’s more like a cherry red.

🤔 Was told that by my contact at Tlyard.

This toolkit is essential to removing the factory air struts…

AFAIK, Hansshow pulled this item and no longer sells it. According to my contact at Tlyard, she said that there is one Chinese manufacturer of this kit and there are about a half dozen Chinese distributors of this product. I regret buying it and just wish that TESLA would have at least offered...

My response to you was as condescending as yours was to me. “Wrong” is a matter of perspective in this case.

I don’t think that’s correct. The latest Tessie update said something about support for Bluetooth (and I was prompted within iOS to “Allow” Tessie to connect to other devices via Bluetooth, despite Tessie never using Bluetooth before). As I said, the options within Tessie Automations are...

Looks like the Tessie app now supports phone key and watch key support for TESLA (and does have an iOS app and Apple Watch app). (Annual subscription is $49.99 and well worth it, IMO, for their automations alone.)

Like I said, you can’t patent a lighted mirror, for example, such that one else can make one. You can, however, patent a specific way to make a lighted mirror. Others are free to come up with their own.

I’m familiar with the app. I still think that image is misleading. We disagree—IIWII

Fair enough. I take my iPhone to more places more often than I take my Apple Watch. Maybe that’s just me.

When it comes to attorneys and the limits to which they can make a legal argument, I won’t argue with you there, mate! LOL

Fair points. I disagree with you on point #2. The image, I felt, made it appear that this was the 360-degree camera view. (SEE PHOTO from the Release Notes)

If you’re talking about using Apple Watch as a TESLA key card, it uses Bluetooth, not Wi-Fi or cellular data.

No clue. Don’t know don’t care. Sorry. Why are you not wanting to use your iPhone to access your TESLA?

I would like to think so. However, logically, we know that not all models are manufactured in the same plants, so I can see it being tied to what models a given gigafactory is manufacturing, whereas that particular gigafactory might have adopted Midnight Cherry as an optional paint color.

You’ve either misunderstood what I said or you are not taking it into account. You cannot patent a lighted visor. You can patent a specific design for a lighted visor. Anyone else is free to come up with their own lighted visor, provided they have not copied your design. The same is true with...

Thanks, Mom!

Of course! And I’m not suggesting that TESLA should copy Nissan’s (or whichever company’s) code to perform a stitching of real-time video feeds. I’m suggesting that TESLA needs to write their own code to perform this same end function. No patent can prohibit a company from developing its own...

It doesn’t matter. I’m just saying that this feature is weak sauce when we’ve all been long awaiting 360-degree bird’s eye view.

Why not use the Tessie app for both iOS and your Apple Watch?

Agreed

Thank you for weighing in, but your explanation makes no sense to me. Are you suggesting that FORD (or some other legacy auto-maker) has a patent on the very idea of stitching together multiple live camera feeds from around the vehicle? You can’t patent something like that! Hollywood uses many...

That’s a fair point, but I don’t personally care if a front bumper camera is missing. Moreover, that absence of a front bumper camera doesn’t make a 360-degree bird’s eye view impossible, but perhaps not so useful, specifically for parking. I like the ability to have a single 360-degree camera...

I’m unconvinced that it’s impossible with two forward-facing cameras, two front fender flare cameras, two B-pillar cameras, and a rear-facing camera. Are you suggesting that two additional rear fender flare cameras are needed in order to complete the circle? Please explain.

So, just installed update v2023.26.1 and checked out Camera View On TESLA App. REPORT: It sucks! The feature update graphic seems to imply that we TESLA owners will finally have that cool—if not passé—feature that just about every Chevy and FORD crossover has where multiple camera angles are...

Good call out. I think you’re right. I didn’t notice that. I’ve worked for four Fortune 100 corporations in my tenure, and one trend I’ve noticed among the corporate elite is that they tend to refresh their brand design (logo) ca. every 10yrs.

SAME SAME

Currently running iOS app v4.23.2. Am I crazy, or has the red color of the TESLA logo in the iOS app icon changed to a slightly lighter shade of red? If I’m not mistaken, I believe it used to be a deeper red, more akin to the “TMC red”. Am I the only one who has noticed this??? (Yes, I’m weird.)

Yet you drive an EV…🤔

Looks fantastic! Did you make that from (near) scratch or refurbish an old one? Also, is that a camera near the top under the Mobilgas sign? It kinda looks like it. What is the purpose of that camera-looking thing? Thx

Thanks for weighing in!

Dude, you’re spot on! It never occurred to me, but the instant I read your reply, it made perfect sense. Yes, I changed my garage lights to new super-white, super bright LED’s a couple weeks ago. The reason, though, I never noticed it before (in my TESLA) is because we almost never have the...

My 2023 Model Y has never exhibited this issue before, but my wife was about to back out of the garage yesterday to take the TESLA to her meeting and all the cameras (except the rear camera) began showing lines on the screen. (SEE ATTACHED EXAMPLE.) Apparently, you cannot ATTACH video clips here...

I was interested in the Model Y Power Frunk kit, which I originally saw available on Hansshow’s site, but I found it cheaper on Tlyard’s website so I bought it from them. HUGE mistake! They had a 3-pack deal they were offering, so I bought the Model Y Power Frunk kit, the Rear Lift Gate Kick...