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Still on mcu1 and do not expect any miracles with this update as hardware one has always had latency under the original autopilot software and it is clear this proc is not powerful/fast enough to respond to many sudden incidents. 2015 Model S 70D does great for what it is. For what we paid...

I am using an old electric dryer circuit to chair my Tesla. It was a 30 amp circuit giving me a usable 18-20 amp service at the plug. I get 10-12 miles an hour of charge when I plug in. If you drive the car an average of 50 miles in daily use, even with a regular 15 or 20 amp outlet you will...

ID4 Nice family CUV with VW fit and finish .. however, Canada as well as the US still lags behind in providing long distance charging services that are reliable and widely available for EV's. The ID4 is not designed for sporty driving and as such has much slower acceleration times then Tesla...

I'm certain the camera method is an interim step from Level 2 to Level 5. Once NTSB approves Level 5, which is likely years and years from now, there will be no need for a camera to observe the driver because there will NOT be a driver. :) In the meantime, based on so many reports of...

This makes NO sense. First, the car goes into park if you open the driver's side door regardless of whether you put it in park. Second, when you plug it in, it also keeps the car from turning on. One possibility is that the driveway was slippery and the car began to slide. But the video...

Since the 3 and the Y are now Tesla's bread and butter, I suspect the S & X will only get improvements like the new heat pump, improved glass, better noise reduction and maybe the blacked out trim as an option. Many features, that I paid extra for on my 2015 were made standard or added as...

You said: "The car was acting strange from the first moment this morning. 1. erratic window roll down behavior when I opened the front door 2. dark/blank screen upon entry 3. warning message: vehicle hold feature unavailable 4. warning message: 12 v battery must be replaced " Reply: So after...

I'm amazed at how many Tesla owners and Tesla forum participants are EXPERTS on subjects like the Corona Virus (Covid-19), Vaccines and Treatment Protocols. After reading several pages of these posts, one can only come to the conclusion that Tesla forum commenters know all there is to know...

Engineers know how to build safe and reliable nuclear power plants. France gets most of its power from nuclear. Nuclear is expensive because of the costs of regulation and litigation, including constant battles to stop construction of plants for all kinds of reasons. Plants have to be...

Been thinking about doing the upgrade from MCU1 to 2 but one of the things I do NOT want to lose is over-the-air radio. Internet Radio via LTE (4G) is just not consistent. Also, as I've read the various posts, there seems to be a lot of conflicting information about what the upgrade does and...

Wow!! Here's a fact for you and any others who think they're superman and can drive for 4 hours or more without a stop: Preventing Deep Vein Thrombosis From Travel | CS Mott Children's Hospital | Michigan Medicine Summary of the article. Doctors recommend stopping hourly on long trips to get...

It appears you may be taking @Snerruc comments too literally. He appears to be basing his comments on his personal experience on his 780 miles trips from Florida to Richmond, VA. Based on Tesla's own recommendations, increased speeds do indeed increase energy consumption. That is why, when...

If you had a lease, fortunately you did NOT invest in FSD. A lease only pays for a portion of the car's use. The balance is carried by the lease company. Those buying their car outright are paying for the development of FSD. If it is completed before they sell their car, they get all the...

What we have here is the following: -UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS: Resulting in complaints about policies like having to pay the destination fee when you order a USED Tesla and the policy of having to wait to get your refund, up to 8 weeks. As a private consultant, I had to wait up to 6 months to...

When I was healthy enough to take long trips in 2016-2018, it was amazing to find superchargers and destination chargers all along the way and in locations where I could rest, stretch, eat and make a pit stop. The Tesla ownership experience is like no other provided by car companies. P.S. It...

Quick way to lose 'real' friends is to treat them like charity cases. Real friends don't care how much you are worth and do not expect you to give your wealth away to them like they're your children. If you need a new house and can afford it, buy it. If your car is due for a refresh, buy it. It...

My 2015 Model S 70D continues to get updates and new features that the old hardware can handle. Not sure what the OP is talking about. Mine will be 5 years old in Dec and AP1 continues to work great. Range still around 236-240. 4G and supercharging free for life. only complaint..seat too...

Bumper was torn off by the powerful force of flood waters on the highway. It didn't just fall off.

Why??? The car was being operated in a setting lower than specs using a third party system. Why do people immediately want to blame Tesla. That expansion joint was the final straw. The system was likely being stressed for months. The fact it didn't fail earlier shows the strength of that...

It's a BETA feature!!!! OPS wanted advise. DO NOT use Summon when you are more than 100 feet from the car and do not have a direct line of site with the vehicles path. Tesla says 200 feet but with a Beta you are always wise to take baby steps when using a feature and always be prepared to...

There are likely 2-4 reasons many Tesla Service Centers are so ridiculous to deal with: 1. Techie people tend to lack people skills. Generally, not always true, but generally 2. The best service people work for dealers and Tesla ends up with people who couldn't cut at a ice dealerships 2a...

The car you returned does NOT sound typical. It sounds more like it was damaged in shipment or when it was used to do a demo. Hopefully you will not be punished for returning the car as it was clearly defective in terms of body, paint and trim. If all Teslas came out of the factory like this...

This issue comes up from time to time on various Tesla forums. As other's point out, it could be a map update or other software update. Since the majority of folks have gigantic bandwidth available, most people never notice this usage.

Traditional Car Dealerships use 'dealer prep' to fix all this kind of stuff before turning the car over the a buyer. While Tesla struggles with quality control on paint and gaps, the service centers should be required to sort this out before turning the car over to the buyer. The buyer should...

Now this discussion is what a car site should be all about. What a relief from the self righteous babble that usually occurs in some of these forums.

Not my quote: Quote from national publication. ""Symptoms of COVID-19 can appear from two to 14 days after you’ve been exposed to the virus. You can be exposed by droplets from an infected person’s coughs and sneezes and by touching a surface that an infected person has contaminated. Most...

Perhaps you are not aware that the vast majority of those getting Covid-19 are treated and recover and go home. The majority who die, do so, because of pre existing conditions. NY Gov. Cuomo clearly believed you might as well let them die by sending infected people back into the most...

Sorry, but many of these conditions are ... in some cases, hereditary. Eventually, regardless of exercise and diet, people die of these diseases. That is not to say that some folks are too sedimentary and over eat and eat the wrong things which are not helpful. I suppose that you are one of...

With the rapid increase in testing there are likely going to be more positive results. However, with lessons learned, controlling major outbreaks should be easier to accomplish especially since we know that anywhere from 50-75% of the deaths in some states were in nursing homes.

And yet, with all the treatments, they still die at a high death rate.

Once again, this Virus panic needs to be put into perspective: From the CDC website: Number of deaths for leading causes of death: (Per Year) Heart disease: 647,457 Cancer: 599,108 Accidents (unintentional injuries): 169,936 Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 160,201 Stroke...

After reading 4 pages of this post, I went back to the original post to see if I could understand the OPS complaint. The original post said the OP had his 2 0 1 4 Tesla's 60kWh battery replaced after using it for 2020-2014 = 6 years and because the replacement battery charged to 173 miles...

@dramsey & @HookBill: If you already knew all of this... please ignore: If you paid for FULL Self driving then your car has been constantly updated as features are added and enhanced AND, as indicated on Tesla's order form, the fee you paid includes the computer. They did this because they...

There have been conflicting reports on the removal of over the air radio being included in HW3 cars. Some reports say there is no AM or FM radio any longer, while others say there is no AM but FM remains. That would make sense as AM is subject to RF interference in an EV while FM does not...

@Mike Robinson: Short answer is YES. Here's what you need to know. On the Model S, when the battery is NOT full OR NOT too cold AND you have regenerative braking set to Standard, you can simulate one pedal driving with a little practice. See the owners manual that says: QUOTE: ""Whenever...

Just to clarify: There are weather systems that are just TOO big to fly around and that is why, even Commercial large Jet flights are delayed or cancelled. Sometimes because their destination airport is not safe to land at. So, yes, in most planes with a good glass cockpit and an IFR flight plan...

Just to clarify: There are weather systems that are just TOO big to fly around and that is why, even Commercial large Jet flights are delayed or cancelled. Sometimes because their destination airport is not safe to land at. So, yes, in most planes with a good glass cockpit and an IFR flight...

It is amazing to read many of these responses because they show, what I believe, is an unrealistic understanding of what a full self driving system will be capable of doing. In terms of aircraft, small to medium size planes avoid flying in extreme weather with or without autopilot systems...

You may not think so but you are living dangerously by dropping your tire pressure well below the manufacturers recommended level. Tires will wear more and because they are not properly inflated you have less control of steering under high speed conditions. The wear is also going to be...

Late to the party. I'm sure it's been said 100 times in other posts... but everytime I see stories like this I have to vent!! AutoPilot, as it's called, a name that Chrysler Corporation used to describe their cruise control system back in the 70's, did NOT kill anyone. Civilly you may find...

Let's summarize and draw some conclusions from the comments. Depending upon where one lives the service experience varies from outstanding to horrific. The Tesla app makes it clear that Tesla, like most modern companies, wants its clients to use their app to make appointments and like most...

The article in the Mercury news said the following: " The truck, which traveled on interstates 15 and 70 right before Thanksgiving, had to take scheduled breaks but drove mostly autonomously. It would appear that there was human intervention based on that statement which means it did NOT drive...

Is it just me?? Doesn't 4 screen pages of one's effort to obtain additional money from one's insurance company after an accident seem a little over the top. Cars are depreciating assets. The minute one takes possession, the car loses thousands of dollars in value. When one decides to fight...

WOW!! Sorry but you should not be blaming Tesla for your mistake. You should NEVER reboot the MCU while driving down the highway. Pull over, wait for reboot and continue on your way. A reboot always shuts off HVAC and entertainment system as well as the high speed internet connection...

@Chaserr... said: "If we don't stop Tesla....." All because you and others believe Tesla reduced your battery range. Here's the story... Tesla, through a software update actually increased range from 310 miles to 325 miles but after receiving data on the change from the fleet they decided...

Clearly OPS experienced the end-of-quarter sales push that resulted in many 'unqualified' delivery staff having contact with customers resulting in a bad experience which Elon Musk hopes will not happen again (ha ha) as they try to level out deliveries in the next few quarters. Unfortunately...

Had a Prius battery catch fire years ago. It first started hissing and popping as the run-away chemical reaction started then it started smoking and then it BURST into flames. The video likely does NOT show an explosion but rather shows the pack bursting into flames. If I had to guess, I'd...