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Understood. But do those include FSD?

My apologies for not getting the pictures up right away. The car is red with black interior.

2018 Tesla Model 3 Long Range Dual Motor with FSD and $1000s in extras Active battery and powertrain warranty that expires at 120,000 miles or on 9/21/2026, whichever comes first. Odometer: 66,500 miles VIN: 5YJ3E1EBXJF088136 Location: Sacramento, CA I will be posting photos soon. Asking...

That has been floated in a recent workshop for the next round of regulations.

So, the 2-wire CANbus and 1-wire LIN physical layers connecting a bunch of different components on the vehicles are completely redundant and/or useless?

So, every device on the vehicle that needs something like steering angle has a parallel Ethernet coms connection? Assuming that the CANbus chips can’t be reprogrammed to pull 1 byte of data off of 1 ID message strong and then another byte off another message string to combine the form the full...

My understanding is that the physical layer connects CANbus transceivers at all the devices and those transceiver chipsets that are not capable of being modified via software to handle non CANbus related serial coms traffic. But, I could be wrong about this.

I have some knowledge programming CANbus networks. I have yet to hear how someone would go about encrypting regular broadcasting CANbus data streams and still adhere to the CANbus protocol itself. Do you know how this would be done? Can you explain a little of the implementation to me or point...

If you don’t like it, ignore, and move on. Because, what happens in U.S. politics has broad effects on the rest of the world. I, for on, enjoyed the additional sale code. Keep up the good work MPP. The transportation sector needs all the help it can get to help people buy lower carbon solutions.

EPA does do confirmatory testing at their Ann Arbor, MI laboratory.

It's my understanding the car auto calibrates steering wheel position relative to straight for Autopilot. I need an alignment after hitting some nasty potholes and the steering wheel is now slightly to the right to keep the car straight. The car adjusted and learned that slight misalignment and...

File a safety complaint with NHTSA. Here's the website: File a Vehicle Safety Complaint | Safercar.gov | NHTSA Then, request service and cite the safety complaint number. It sucks that Tesla service is this terrible (I've had my fair share of issues - didn't sort some of them out until I...

Whole point is to get more people interested in EVs. If dorifto does that, I don’t see an issue. “...accelerate the world towards sustainable transportation...” - isn’t that part of Tesla’s mission?

They have to include a J1772 adapter to get CARB ZEV Regulation credits in CA or participating Section 177 state. The Regulation requires J1772 compatibility.

From what I understand, its more comparable to the mid-size pickups than full-size trucks according to this article: The all-electric Rivian R1T is a dream truck for adventurers

I've had plenty of good experiences at dealerships that were far better than what I've had to deal with at Tesla service. The one exception is the one time my service issues could be dealt with by a mobile technician.

Sounds like a Rivian R1T might be right up your alley :)

That’s the point. Tesla doesn’t have a technologically equal competitor... yet. But, when they do (which is coming soon), you’ll find customers like me (and so many others) who have had crap experience with Tesla service and initial quality starting to cross shop. My next EV may very well not be...

And who pays the dealership for warranty work or sends engineers out for problems that dealership mechanics can’t solve? But, beside the point. Ford sells almost a million F-150s a year and their service network (regardless of who owns it) seems to handle it pretty well.

That seems like a bit cop out. Ford averaged 225,000 F-150s every quarter last year. That's just one model.

While I want to agree with you, the longer we tie up the usual party here, the freer other threads become.

I'm trying to see if we can get him/her to that point :) Is merely posting that link a self-fulfilling prophecy though?

You're right, it is pretty basic physics. Its easier to explain to the lay person that way. We'll get to that later in my response. You're also right, shortest possible stopping distance is limited by your tires. But that isn't what I commented. It was your assertion that only the tires matter...

So, let me get this straight, tires are the only thing that stop the car, but issues with the brake system affect stopping distances? Which is it? Brakes do or do not work as a system with the rest of the vehicle, including the tires, to stop a vehicle? You've claimed it several times here. Like...

But I thought it was the tire/road interface that stopped the car, or is it just the tires? (Sorry everyone, I'm curious how much further I can help to derail this thread:)) ECE R90 Regulations are for cold braking tests. Those Ferodo tests were done with cold pads. If the vehicle is exactly...

Alex, can I get partial understanding of the problem for $1000? You have part of the equation correct. The braking system and tires work in concert to stop the car. Driver's foot (or electrically controlled driver aid) to pedal to master cylinder (which is mounted to the firewall) to fluid...

Actually, its far less complicated. Amps turn into to power far more directly in an electric motor than air and fuel inside a combustion chamber with 100s of parts moving at incredible speeds which then send power through a computer controlled transmission with 100s of more parts which then send...

Your logic from a previous post (added above for your convenience): adding performance is a security flaw and will make the car unsafe.

Seems like a huge lawsuit waiting to happen if they were to do that. SIM card and/or modem fails and person is then locked out of driving the vehicle. I need to get out of a dangerous situation using my vehicle, but Tesla has bricked my car because the SIM or modem failed (or I unplugged it)...

Ford and GM work with aftermarket tuners already to supply them access to the vehicles on-board controllers, so those tuners can more efficiently and effectively modify the cars for the customers that are going to do it anyway. Steve Dinan of Dinan Performance is always an interesting guy to...

The "so what" is that the exact same hardware is covered under the same warranty in the higher performing version of the vehicle.

You're still adding performance to a car, and by your logic, have made it unsafe. There are plenty of tunes out there that add 20 to 100hp on stock turbo charged vehicles. Nothing more than plugging in a device now-a-days... COBB Tuning ring a bell? How about SCT, Superchips, or Diablosport...

Ford and GM already do this.

Does it though? You don't have to have updates if you don't want them.

Unplug the SIM card...

That's really just semantics IMO. Why would Tesla have to open it up for all cars? We already have bifurcated Autopilot issues with the Model 3 and change over from v2.5 hardware to v3.0 hardware.

Not trying to probe too much, but was that system operating over CAN? I only ask, because I'm curious how that would work within the confines of CAN data package standards.

Again, same motors as the Performance version of the car, especially in the early versions.

Yes it does, particularly when you consider transmission kick-down and rev holding. If you're only talking about full performance envelope of a stock vehicle with a pedal input go between for drive-by-wire systems, then sure. But, by your logic, supercharging, turbocharging, or adding power via...

The Performance versions (at least the early ones) have the exact same powertrain as the standard dual motor versions. Both have the same warranty. Now, if there is a sunk warranty cost on the Performance versions due to accelerated wear (not even talking about the Tesla $2000 boost on the...

NHTSA has been sooo slow to do anything about this, I wouldn’t worry. And, unless Congress decides to start working again, it’s highly unlikely a law would pass. Tesla does NOT play nice with regulators. There’s ample public evidence to support that. Once some of these aftermarket companies get...

The interesting part is that Tesla already sells the “overclocked” version with the same warranty

Tuners have been working around OEM software and hardware obstacles for years to make cars faster, better handling, etc... Many continue to beat the ability of OEMs to detect any modifications. Tesla is sophisticated, but they are not all powerful and omniscient. As a general comment to...

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So, you're saying you know more than the lawyer about his/her specific line of work. Interesting... Care to fill us in on where Einstein got Relativity wrong? OP, take iamnid's advice. He has professional knowledge on the subject and has offered you free advice.

Kia Soul EV and VW e-Golf are a couple of other vehicles that have been using them (rather successfully) since 2015-2016. Likely that the Kona, Ioniq, and Niro EVs have one as well.

What do you think your PTC heater is using in the car. Heat pumps are way more efficient than resistive heaters as long as it isn’t in extreme cold. Then, they just don’t work. Nothing wrong with a PTC heater to get things going and a heat pump to maintain temp other than additional cost. The...

Tesla has to prove what you did caused whatever to fail rather than being a manufacturer defect. That's FTC's interpretation of their regulations which were created after the authority to do so was granted to them by the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act passed by Congress in 1975: Auto Warranties &...

Update: AWD non-P picked up in September of 2018. Have almost 25k miles on the odometer. Rear driver side seat belt tensioner was "padded" under warranty roughly a year ago when the car went in for some service issues. That rattle has redeveloped. Now have an additional, new rattle, coming from...