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For what it's worth, I purchased the EAP to FSD upgrade on Sunday for $2000 and immediately scheduled to have the hardware installed on my 2018 M3. My local SC showed an estimate of $2000+tax, and I sent a message stating that I just purchased it and I shouldn't have to pay anything more for...

Paging Toonces, I'm seeing some FSD parallels here. :D

Autopilot's intended domain is limited access freeways. If there is a break in the lane lines (as there likely would be at an intersection), you can expect the computer to respond like this, at least until you get onto FSD beta. This is not phantom braking, which typically does not coincide...

This is begging for an AR HUD solution. But there hasn't been a whisper of speculation about that since before the Model 3 reveal. I bet Elon decided way back that a HUD and the development required to produce one would just be a waste of resources since the cars were just going to drive...

That's true of course; by permanently I meant that no sticker with an expiration date would be required. But as long as three wheeled vehicles are considered motorcycles, and motorcycles maintain HOV lane access, they're good to go. I just don't want to see anyone trying to split lanes in an...

Here in California, it would qualify for the HOV lane permanently (no annoying "good-for-a-few-years" stickers required). Combining that with its unmatched efficiency, it would be the ultimate commuter car. But only if you can look past its width and aerodynamic styling.

Aptera just said this past Friday in a release that they are essentially "pencils down" on the design, but then popular demand for DC fast charging forced them just a few days later to work with Tesla to get that implemented. Since they were already committed to using Tesla's NACS connector...

No Twitter (or other social media accounts) for me. Feel free to steal the idea and tweet it at him yourself though. As a Model 3 owner with a PowerWall, I'd be happy enough if they were just able to implement it. I've got to think that someone else already thought of it, and there's a...

I wonder if Tesla could lock it down so that their vehicles could only transfer energy to PowerWall(s). That would eliminate the PowerWall sales cannibalization that V2X presents, and would actually incentivize homeowners who already own a Tesla vehicle to buy a PowerWall, if they don't have...

Just chiming in to say that this right stalk overloading affected me years back, details in this post. As best I recall back when it happened in early 2019, you had to actually tap a button to bring up the rear camera view, there wasn't an option to have it come up automatically in reverse.

I got notification about the 2022.40.4.2 update yesterday, installed it (was on 2022.36.6), and when I went to drive this morning all my settings and profile were wiped out. I was running late for work, and had to use my key card to get the car started because my phone was no longer connected...

I'm curious as to how you got free unlimited supercharging on a RWD? I thought that the only Model 3's that ever got that were the Performance that didn't later opt to ditch it for the $5000 refund.

Nobody has pointed out yet that Autopilot is not designed to be used on undivided highways where traffic is coming at you from the other way or turning across the lane ahead of you. An argument can be made that Tesla shouldn't allow you to enable it in those locations, but they do. And, as...

I've had mine set up to Export Everything for at least a week now. It worked as expected (or close to it) for a couple of days, but doesn't any longer. I've edited my schedule so that there is only Peak from 5pm-8pm (weekdays), the rest is Off-Peak. I also changed the sell price for Off Peak...

Today it reverted back to not sending solar power to charge the PowerWall, so shortly after noon I changed back to Self-Powered mode, which powers the home with solar and sends the leftover power to the PowerWall. That still isn't ideal; I'd like all the solar power to go to charging the...

Well, yesterday it ended up charging to about 90% and stopping, but it did do a perfect landing at my reserve level just as the peak period ended. Hopefully it will charge up to 100% as it continues learning.

No mid peak in this October-May season, just super off-peak from midnight to 6 am, peak 5-8pm, and off-peak the rest of the time. That is the weekday schedule, weekends and holidays have no peak period. It would be nice if Tesla could add holidays to accommodate plans that make those off-peak...

I have a system consisting of a small (3.8 kW) solar panel array and one PowerWall 2. I'm on SMUD, and used the Grid Charging mode over the summer, which I felt worked very well for that scenario. Now in October, we've moved into the non-summer pricing schedule, where all day is off-peak...

I sent the project manager a link to the Powerwall data sheet, will send some pics of the panel tonight. This isn't supposed to be this hard.

Well, the saga continues. Here's the e-mail I got this morning from the project manager. Any ideas what information on the PW critical load panel they might need besides that the breakers all be 30A or less? Would they looking for a panel model number or something? "Hello sir, I just got off...

The 40 gallon is PROPH40 T0 RH120, and the 50 gallon PROPH50 T0 RH120 (note these require a dedicated 15A circuit; there are other 120V models that do not). More info at Rheem Releases 120V Plug-In Heat Pump Water Heater That Can Be Plugged Into Typical Outlet

I have a fair bit of experience with the PowerWall, having lived with it for over 4 years now. HVAC can certainly chew through an ESS, as the heat wave in early September proved. On the hottest days (115+ degrees peak), I set the PW mode to Self-Powered up until the 5-8pm super peak period to...

My installer has indicated they'll go ahead and change the heat pump over to the subpanel on a 30A breaker, but that I need to be ready to argue my case with the city and/or inspector if it doesn't pass. I think we've vetted this out thoroughly enough that it shouldn't come to that. But if it...

Some further electrical info on the unit, mine is the row corresponding to 36-30 on the leftmost column. There is no LRA value, which I believe is the key to it not popping the breaker at startup, correct? I know I'll find out for sure once it is connected and I try running it from a simulated...

Wayne, thanks so much for your response. Just confirming some acronyms, MCA would be Minimum Circuit Ampacity, which is indeed 24.4 on my unit. The other two related lines on my unit are "Max Fuse" and "Max CKT-BKR", both 40A. I'm assuming MOCP (from your post) is something like Maximum Over...

Hoping for some reliable electrical advice from someone on the forum. I just had installed a new Carrier Infinity heat pump system, replacing a central A/C condenser and gas furnace. During initial walk-through, I explained that my old air conditioner system was connected to a 40 amp circuit...

Don't forget about snap, crackle, and pop, the further derivatives after jerk. I've got an idea where those came from :D Fourth, fifth, and sixth derivatives of position - Wikipedia

I attempted to schedule an upgrade from 2.5 to 3.0 and was told (in a message response) that the cost is $1000 for the hardware and that they'd need to move the appointment to a service center if I wanted to proceed. I declined. For those keeping track, I do have EAP, on a 2018 RWD LR Model 3.

Regarding the HW3 -> HW4 upgrade path, I feel like that question has already been semi-answered when they charged HW2.5 owners $1000 to upgrade to HW3 after we were sold cars that had "all the hardware necessary for full self driving capability". I wonder if anyone has got that upgrade...

Does anyone know for sure how Powerwalls (or the associated app) do energy usage prediction? For example, in summertime, does it just look at the trends of the last week/month, or does it look at previous year(s) energy usage (if available)? Does it take the daily weather forecast into...

User name does NOT check out ;)

Hey, the Flintstones used legs on a car for "full self" driving all the way back in 1960! How's that not relevant? ;)

My situation is different than most here. I did it backwards and got my PowerWall 2 first (back in mid-2018, using SGIP) and my solar panels (small 3.8kW system installed by Tesla, used ITC) late in 2019. Additionally, I'm on SMUD, and it seems everyone else so far in the discussion is on...

A couple things I haven't seen mentioned in this thread (but certainly have in others that are similar). If you have concerns about the torque threshold of clearing the warning without breaking Autosteer, then use the thumbwheels to turn volume (or TACC speed) up and then back down a tick...

Yeah, my line of thinking about the "power strip with a capacitor" came from a car audio cap mindset. Thanks tomuo and cali8484 for clearing things up as to why that wouldn't work. I'm far from an EE, and figured there was something I was missing, so glad to learn something new.

Am I wrong in thinking that a regular power strip with a built-in capacitor wouldn't be cheaper and better suited for this purpose? If not, what is holding back a company that already makes power strips from making such a model? Is it just too small a market at this point (no economy of...

I have a single family home with Tesla's small (believe 3.8kW) solar panel package along with a single Powerwall 2. We rarely have power outages, but when we do I've noticed that our Vizio TV cuts out in the brief instant that the Powerwall takes over from the grid. I've read that this is to...

Is there language somewhere as part of the FSD buying process (or anywhere currently) that supports this? And completely unrelated, but as part of my own search to find that, I came across the information below from this page: Is that correct that with HW 3.0 DashCam records all cameras...

I agree, but let me throw out another scenario to gauge the consensus of thought. I currently have EAP and HW2.5. Let's say I go ahead and splurge on the $1000 upgrade for HW 3.0. Assume there are future improvements (say, from the single stack merge) that improve how the car operates on the...

When I bought my 2018 Model 3, it (along with all cars sold with HW 2.0+ I believe) was sold as having "all hardware included necessary for FSD", with no disclaimers. Tesla skated along for quite a while stating HW 3.0 was a "free" upgrade when you purchased the FSD package; that circumvented...

I know nobody here would have a definitive answer, but I wonder how Tesla's books weigh each of FSD's features. There are 6 listed features (besides the FSD hardware itself): Navigate on Autopilot, Auto Lane Change, Autopark, Summon, Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control, and Autosteer on City...

It's true that HW3 hasn't improved AP up to this point, but what about after this "single stack" software update goes out next month (or whenever that turns out to be after converting from Elon-time)? If the AP experience improves for those with HW3 but not those with HW2/2.5, it might be worth...

I've had the NVX system installed for a while now, and enjoy it very much, but am getting a bit of an itch to improve on it, particularly regarding extension. Output falls off rapidly below about 29Hz in my setup. Would really like it to hit solidly down to at least 25Hz, 20Hz ideally. Maybe...

Wait, didn't Tesla simultaneously raise the base price when they began offering "free" basic AP? As I recall, they just rolled the cost of the (previous) upgrade into the cost of the car.

Your situation sounds well suited for the bulletproof Cyber Truck. With that, you can phantom brake scott-free, unless the gang bangers are packing something bigger than 9mm's. ;)

There's also the emergency brake. In my Model 3, that's engaged by holding the button at the end of the right stalk (same button you use to put it in Park). I definitely did not learn this on accident early on in ownership when I was just trying to spray my windshield.

Hi there Knightshade, I've seen in the past on multiple occasions you STRONGLY assert that Tesla owes those who purchased FSD on or prior to ~March 2019 nothing less than true (at least SAE Level 4) full self driving, and that those who purchased after that time were sold a different bill of...

As a 2018 LR Model 3 owner with HW 2.5, I agree and am hoping that this will be challenged in court. As you pointed out, Tesla made it clear that the car was being sold with all hardware required for full self driving. Up to this point, by purchasing the FSD upgrade package, we were paying for...

It sure would be nice if you could set up Storm Watch to only be triggerable during TOU off-peak hours. I wonder if the power companies would have a problem with that.

I think we all need to look at the bright side on this. Imagine a shortage on steering wheels instead of radar units. It would have been interesting to see how that would have played out ;)