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I found this other news article on the topic which quote some figures from Luminar https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/7/24151497/tesla-lidar-bought-luminar-elon-musk-sensor-autonomous "According to Luminar, individual lidar sensors cost around $1,000, including software. Did Tesla buy 2,100...

The article says Luminar reported $2 million revenue from Tesla. I googled the cost of lidar used in autonomous vehicles and numbers between $100 to $500 per piece come up. Even if $2 million is spent on the high end, say $500 per piece units that makes 4000 units which I think is more than what...

I went back to my post from a while back (v12.3.3 at that time) to answer this question. I'm hoping the new AI stack will address some or all of these problems on the freeway.

I hope they bring the AI stack to the freeways as well. I can't wait to see how it will behave on the freeway

Interesting how this happens to me all the time on one particular intersection and then doesn't happen on some others. There must be something in the surroundings to cause this anomaly.

Any idea when Tesla will move highway driving to the new stack? Is this something we will see in v12.4, 12.5 etc or is it a v13 thing?

Hello James - Could you kindly comment on the feasibility of this? Thank you

Where do we discuss the questionable routing choices Tesla Nav makes? These are there regardless of who is driving (ie me vs FSD) but when coupled with FSD they lead to disengagements as I need to take over to keep the car going the proper way.

This is great to hear! Thanks for sharing your first hand experience.

All this talk about torrential rains being rare events where even humans have to pull over... I get it. Torrential rain is probably not the "must have" capability for L4/Robotaxi to be able to drive in. But how about snow? Light to moderately heavy snow covering lane lines and other road signs...

There are numerous threads bashing Elon so I don't mean to add more on it but allow me to say this much. Elon is saying or not saying things based on how he wants to shape the Tesla narrative and stock ticker curve. I think many of us have learned to take things with a grain of salt when it...

I really want you to be right and my 2023 MYLR to reach L4/Robotaxi without any need for retrofit. I really want Tesla/Elon to be right on this. I just feel the rate of progress is not fast enough.

I read your sun test idea but still don't think the camera sees or computer behind it process as far as human eye can see especially in low light conditions. Example : when you drive in non-lit country roads at night the pillar cameras tell you they are blocked. I can still see the side of the...

So true. Issues relating to weather, pitch black conditions etc need to be addressed before they get anywhere near L4/Robotaxi. Human eye (yes even my aging eyes) can still do much better than Tesla vision when it comes to distance and low light performance.

Totally agree that this is the way to go. Our vision only cars can only see as far as the camera hardware allows which is still far less than what human eye can do. Example, we can see the red light coming and start slowing for it in a gentle way far earlier than FSD can do. Another one, on a...

James, is there any data feed coming from the new direct Tesla Telemetry & API on AP & FSD usage? Currently Tesla offers no statistics and I'm sure many like me would like to have some data available on their usage of these technologies. I would like to see the following if possible : Miles...

When the monthly subscription for non-EAP owners came down to $99 I felt we were not treated fairly as our monthly should have come down to $45. Now at $2K for purchase flat out I feel we have a good deal and I'll most likely go for it. May go month to month for a while and see how this...

Thanks for doing the legwork on this. Amazing isn't it. Also of note for me were the number of fatalities involving a Tesla where its most likely not the vehicle that caused the accident. ie Motorcycle hit Tesla etc

Thank you very much for sharing that link. As sad as any single fatality is, considering the number of Tesla vehicles on the road and miles driven, I think the outcome is still encouraging. I also note this is AP fatalities data and not FSD and then again not FSD on v12.x. It will be interesting...

Question for those in the know... Does FSD v12.x factor in the rear camera feed in how much it can regen/brake coming up to traffic lights when its yellow? I had couple hard slowdowns for yellows which most humans would fly through. In these cases there was no one behind me so no risk of...

I've always wondered why Tesla does not consider a station wagon version of the Model Y. Keep the vehicle exactly the same and just change the rear hatchback design to give us a more boxy rear with higher volume. I am considering getting an Rivian R2 in 2 years only to have access to larger...

Paid EAP vehicle owner here. Previously FSD subscription was offered at $99 per month while it was $199 for non EAP vehicles. Now it is $99 for all. We need same reduction applied to the EAP vehicles and have FSD offered at $49 per month.

Are you an EAP user? If no and the monthly came down from $199 to $99 that is great news for you. I am an EAP user and had $99 per month for FSD so I would expect my cost to go down to $45 etc but it is still showing $99

I took couple rides in Phoenix, AZ. Rides were in downtown area and coverage zone was limited. Only drops off where it deems safe to stop so your ride ending may not be exactly where you wish to go. Drive quality was smooth, I would say similar to Tesla FSD v12.3.3. Follows speed limits to the...

Not sure if these have been mentioned before. I have been using FSD v 12.3.3 for a while and have about 500 miles on it. I agree with all positive remarks on how much it has improved. Few areas where I am consistently seeing issues and will look out for future improvements : 1) Too late to...

I'm on 2024.3.6 with FSD Beta v12.3.2.1 I see 2024.3.10 out there with FSD (Supervised) v12.3.3 which I have not received yet Is there any information on what has changed between 12.3.2.1 to 12.3.3 ? Thanks

Thanks James. That would be super.

@James@Tessie - is it possible to add actions into Automation that trigger Controls such as close windows? This would be a good use for the capability when we leave windows open or at Vent position and rain is coming. Thank you for considering.

Tessie sends me notification about precipitation expected in my area and that my windows are open which is an awesome feature. This could be a great use case for automation. Thanks for considering.

I have this same situation with 2023.44.30.8. Its been trying to download and getting stuck at 100%. Service Ticket opened and SC Tech remotely removed and readded the download to my queue few times but no joy. Not sure what to do at this time. Downside of this situation is that while the car is...

I noticed the same once I installed 2023.44.30.7. Auto-opening and closing used to be rock solid now it works 10% of the time. I hope this gets fixed I logged a service appointment to report this issue. Not expecting them to come out at all but hopefully the more people report this the more...

Thanks. I will stop asking for this until it becomes a more commonly implemented feature across more watch apps. No need to chase it for now as it seems perhaps SDK limitations are at hand here. Thanks for humoring me with my questions.

I think I know that! The document refers to those as examples. Please read App Intent topic at your convenience to gain further insight on what the SDK offers. Thank you https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appintents

Sorry for not being clear. I can take this offline with you if that works better so we don't take group's time. I have already configured a shortcut to map to the button which then brings up Tessie on my watch. This works well. The question here is to get Tessie to expose certain actions (ie...

I wonder what he says about Tesla the Solar company now... That used to be his dear baby not so long ago.

Thanks. I am able to use Shortcuts to bring up Tessie app. What I mean to say is to expose the actions within Tessie to be mapped directly to the Action Button. Have a look at the Dev article on this please when you have a minute. Thank you...

Happy new year James & all. Quick question. Can you please check to see if you can support Action Button on the Apple Watch Ultra? Seems like this is a developer feature to support in apps to make their apps visible to the Action Button and which action to map to it etc. Thank you

Thanks for the quick update James. Appreciated

Hi James, any end of year sales planned? Missed the black friday deal so keeping fingers crossed! Thank you for considering it

Thank you. I tried opening the dashboard this morning and it just worked. Didn't ask me for credentials this time. No issues. I'll report if the issue comes back again

Is anyone able to login to the web dashboard? I am getting the login prompt, enter my email which sends me the verification code and when I enter it I am sent back to email entry screen. Mobile app is still ok.

Just got updated to 2023.38.9

New Model Y owner here so I'm learning from all your experiences. My MYLR was delivered on Oct 21 with 2023.32.100.1. About a week later it received an update to 2023.38.4. Since then nothing. Along the way I signed up for FSD beta and paid monthly and got FSD v11.4.4. Since then no updates...

Thank you. So this is a mandatory requirement after enabling the next-gen encrypted communication. Crystal clear.

What does the virtual key do? I did not have this up until now but my watch app was able to unlock the car. Not clear on the virtual key. Can you kindly explain or point me to where I can read up on this? Thank you

Thanks. Removed and re-added Tesla account with the reduced access. It would be nice put this info in the link to enable next-gen link (ie you only need last 3 categories of access etc.).

I just switched to the next gen connection and it asked me to login to Tesla and give permissions for 4 categories. 1st category was profile info. Do we need to allow Tessie to pull this info? Thanks Profile Information Contact information, home address, profile picture, and referral...

Sorry if this was posted earlier. I am wondering if it is possible to set the entertainment volume to be muted while navigation system is reading out the next turn instruction. Currently this does not happen and navigation is competing with radio, Spotify etc whatever happens to be playing at...

on a lighter note... how about FSD removes 1 strike for every 5 stupid thing it does? ;)

James is this related to the new official API announcement from Tesla? Are you planning to move Tessie over to the official API?