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https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V276-7026.PDF 🤦‍♂️ I feel like the question "can anything become detached in the driver footwell?" should be on the final design signoff for every vehicle...

I've been wondering about this. By own shares I mean individual shares not as part of a fund.

My guess: Silverado EV - the only thing stopping it is CCS reliability. It is the small battery version (180kwh). Cybertruck - Superchargers! Lightning - I assume it will also use superchargers Rivian - Most efficient but can only use CCS

Looks like the same C (rate/capacity) as the 4680 Model Y.

So, I got a new giant phone (RIP iPhone mini 😥) and needed to redo my mount. Then I had epiphany that there's a large section of the screen that I never use so I taped the MagSafe charger directly to the screen. So far it's working great! My old mount:

Looking like Elon may activate the hardcore litigation department. What do you think?

Finally have an answer! Looks like slope was 5 million miles per month when there were 60k users? So average use is about 3 miles a day.

Can't find the primary source from the NHTSA on this... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-07/investigators-probe-death-of-woman-struck-by-tesla-in-california...

Collision with pedestrian. Edge case? I wish they published video for these. Could be one of the haters on this forum? https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/file/cruise_060222-pdf/ https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-industry-services/autonomous-vehicles/autonomous-vehicle-collision-reports/

https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=Y&application_id=TAi5l5atHcj4G%2FIFPFuKbA%3D%3D&fcc_id=2AEIM-1541584 76GHz. Is that the same as the previous units?

I think this is the edgiest case I've seen while using Autosteer. How do you train a neural net to recognize that the bright lines on the road are sunlight?

At the Cyber Rodeo Elon said “The Tesla Autopilot team and AI team has done an incredible job building real-world AI and we’re able to go to wide beta for all full self-driving customers in North America this year” So they're able to do it, but will they? Or in other words, will @boonedocks be...

Apparently Elon is still confident that they'll get robotaxi capable FSD soon. To me the idea of using a Model 3 as a robotaxi never made any sense. My guess is it's going to have the angular style of the Cybertruck with sliding doors and two rows of seats facing each other.

The NHTSA seems to have shot down Tesla's request to allow manual control of the vehicle via a touchscreen in their latest rule making regarding automated driving systems. I'd be curious to see how well such a system would work... I'm skeptical...

Serious collision defined as airbag deployment (any party) or collision with pedestrian/cyclist/scooter that resulted in injury or death. All serious collisions, any party at fault or no party at fault.

https://www.media.volvocars.com/global/en-gb/media/pressreleases/292917/volvo-cars-unsupervised-autonomous-driving-feature-ride-pilot-to-debut-in-california As usual I'm skeptical. I like that Volvo is going to release this in California first, right on Tesla's home turf. Maybe this year FSD...

I thought this would be a fun poll. Hopefully I got all the reasons. 😆

Ok, time for a (somewhat) scientific poll to determine the percentage of good and bad drivers who get FSD Beta. Poll will stay open for a week and names will be public. Please come back and post if you get FSD Beta.

Does anyone else think that Tesla Bot might be used as a backup plan just in case HW3 does not achieve FSD? There's been a lot of talk about camera positioning and quality but first principles thinking says that if you have a humanoid robot in the driver's seat you can definitely achieve FSD.

Apparently there's a new version of Autopark on the new Model S that uses the cameras instead of the ultrasonics. Looks embarrassingly bad right now but hopefully it will improve. Sort of wishing I had gotten FSD when it was on sale for $2k because I'm guessing this won't work on HW2.5.

The stated goal for FSD is to be twice as safe as human drivers when used unsupervised. Tesla's safety data shows an accident rate of 1 per 2 million miles without Autopilot enabled (Tesla Vehicle Safety Report). They define an accident as "all crashes in which the crash alert indicated an...

Not sure if the new beta FSD build will require the new "Tesla Vision" build for regular FSD. Seems like it could be a difficult decision depending on limitations and how buggy the new version is.

Roads not flat so I disagree with your conclusion when viewed from such a shallow angle. Do we agree that the cars going straight are in the center of their lanes?

Does Whole Mars Catalog hit the curb at 16:40? Enhanced video :D

Testing out the wisdom of crowds.:p "Quantum Leap" FSD is defined as the ability to legally drive from Bel Air to SpaceX in Hawthorne without driver intervention on at least a third of attempts. Positive confirmation does not count as an intervention but declining confirmation does.

Waymo no longer has an NDA for Waymo One passengers. I'm not sure what that has to do with anything since Waymo does not plan on ever developing Level 2-3 systems (Very advanced Level 2 was actually their original plan until they decided it was too unsafe. They released a YouTube video of the...

FSD finally paying off? :p

Not sure why they're bothering when Tesla is already shipping Level 5 hardware and should have robotaxis by the end of this year. :p Sound familiar? Anyway it would be nice to see a manufacturer actually make an SAE Level 3 vehicle that works somewhere. On the plus side, the LIDAR unit looks...

The End of Starsky Robotics

This seller seems to have sold 11 of them: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Inverter Complete OEM Assembly | eBay Is there an aftermarket controller that allows them to be used in conversions? Are people using them to fix salvage vehicles that somehow have motor damage but are still repairable...

Right now if you're on a road trip during a high traffic day the optimal strategy is to charge to near 100% at every supercharger because that will give you more options on your next supercharging location just in case those are also congested. Tesla has tried to solve this problem by by...

Sorry, you know I had to do it.:D

I’m a skeptic. I don’t think anyone will release an eyes off the road system to consumer vehicles in 2020. https://www.daimler.com/innovation/case/autonomous/drive-pilot-2.html Audi Newsroom

Isn't the Cybertruck just a unibody with stainless steel body panels? Won't the rest of the unibody probably be made with high strength steel? There's a bunch of talk about how this design is going to save a lot of money on stamping but aren't the body panels only a small fraction of the stamped...

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Waymo to customers: “Completely driverless Waymo cars are on the way” – TechCrunch Sounds like Waymo is going to be the first to deploy autonomous vehicles. Hopefully they'll prove safety far greater than human drivers.

So I've seen the claim that Smart Summon data is being used to train some sort of neural net. I obviously have no idea how any of this is supposed to work. Wouldn't data from humans driving through parking lots be used to train a neural net to drive through parking lots? Or are people saying...

Here's a video of what happened when Google gave their driver assist system to employees to test out. Note that their "AutoPilot" system is more advanced than what Tesla has released to the public. I still don't see how an advanced system that requires driver attention will ever be safe. Waymo...

If you dislike price drops and have a way for Tesla to raise their prices and still sell as many cars you should probably say how.

For every other car I've owned it's been possible to get a factory service manual (one way or another ;)). I see that there are Model S/X service manuals on eBay (pirated I'm sure). What's the deal with getting a copy of the Model 3 service manual?

At 13:06 they show the steering wheel turned 90 degrees. Is there a steering wheel disconnect? I figured they'd just use steering torque with the power steering disabled so it would be very hard to actually turn the front wheels. That does not appear to be the case.

Interestingly Delphi claims to have done it in March 2015 (without LIDAR!).

I chuckled to myself when I opened the trunk :D

I was just thinking that all the advancements in the AV space are being applied to the new generation of ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) and will make cars much safer. This will raise the bar on how good AVs must be to be safer than humans. It seems possible that collision avoidance...

one car line and one stall out last Friday at 10pm. Some guy was charging to 95%! Grrr... Sort of annoying that I've run into lines on both of my road trips. They need to limit the Lone Pine and Inyokern chargers to 80%. It sounds like Friday and Sunday are days to avoid on the 395.

So, I had planned to take my Exocet to autocross this weekend but it was raining and my Exocet has no roof, doors, or fenders so that seemed ill advised. "Ah ha" I said, "I've heard that Tesla's do well at autocross" so I set my charge level to 100% and headed out. Turns out that @AlanSubie4Life...

Article from Electrek: https://electrek.co/2019/01/09/tesla-self-driving-package-buyers-regulations/ Why not just release FSD in states where it is legal, like California? Surely they could geo-fence it. It would be nice to know which regulations are preventing the release... Obviously this is...

So I got the limited regen warning for the first time the other day (in coastal San Diego!) and I was wondering why they don't just use the regen energy to heat the battery. I suppose you'd have to run a huge volume of coolant over a 70kW resistive heater to keep it from melting or maybe it's...

It looks there are currently two hitches available for the Model 3. Torklift Ecohitch for $400 and the Stealth Hitch for $338 ($438 - the $100 coupon they have right now). Does anyone know of any other options on the horizon? I'm going to use it exclusively for a hitch mounted bike rack and I'm...