7.1 in Australia

[ICUDoc]

Me too, however even if the summon feature was released I highly doubt it will park in the space I do so.

-ECIT

super super close, ECIT. Not sure I could do that......

 

[BenT]

Me too, however even if the summon feature was released I highly doubt it will park in the space I do so.

-ECIT

I have heard of people putting pool noodles and the like on walls to protect the car against knocks but I am not sure a noodle would fit here.

 

[EcoCloudIT]

All in the effort to ensure the wife doesn't door ding me.... She just scraped the front and back wheels on her Land Rover (nearly brand new) and when I questioned her she just said 'really, did I? Oh well' paid a fortune for the upgraded wheels on her car in the black pack...grr

Maybe she doesn't deserve the reservation I have on the X? ;-)

-ECIT

PS oh yeah, a pool noodle doesn't fit, my son is happy because I didn't cut his in half, hahaha

 

[ICUDoc]

All in the effort to ensure the wife doesn't door ding me.... She just scraped the front and back wheels on her Land Rover (nearly brand new) and when I questioned her she just said 'really, did I? Oh well' paid a fortune for the upgraded wheels on her car in the black pack...grr
Maybe she doesn't deserve the reservation I have on the X? ;-)
-ECIT

You have answered your own question, methinks...

 

[paulp]

All in the effort to ensure the wife doesn't door ding me.... She just scraped the front and back wheels on her Land Rover (nearly brand new) and when I questioned her she just said 'really, did I? Oh well' paid a fortune for the upgraded wheels on her car in the black pack...grr

Maybe she doesn't deserve the reservation I have on the X? ;-)

-ECIT

PS oh yeah, a pool noodle doesn't fit, my son is happy because I didn't cut his in half, hahaha

You have it easy! Last 4 brand new cars the wife has caused a repair shop visit in the first month of ownership. All european. Yes she christened her tesla too (although not her fault to be fair), and unlike the bmw near write off, the tesla was more a scratch. Havnt let her drive my tesla yet, and she acknowledges her record on new cars isnt good. Once past the first month, all good from then

 

[Keiron]

It is my imagination or does the radar/sonar not pick up bicycle riders in traffic at low speed approx 20km/Hr in medium traffic. I had two near misses yesterday ( Australia Day ) with NO visual Icon on the dash and we got real close before I intervened.

 

[EcoCloudIT]

Same issue for me...I nearly knocked a bicycle rider over...felt really bad...apologised at the next set of lights.

Motorbikes are getting detected but only needs to detect them around the passenger doors and on....maybe because they're travelling fast?

-ECIT

 

[meloccom]

I had a ex-postie motorcycle cut in front of me and it seemed invisible to the Tesla so I wouldn't count on it seeing motorcycles, much less bicycles.
I've not seen it display a motorcycle icon on the dash either so I think that's a work in progress.

 

[PJF000]

Is this an omen?

 

[Dborn]

Summon removed from app update yesterday. Motorcycles do show up as such on my AP screen.not sure about bicycles yet.

 

[TesAus]

I had a ex-postie motorcycle cut in front of me and it seemed invisible to the Tesla so I wouldn't count on it seeing motorcycles, much less bicycles.
I've not seen it display a motorcycle icon on the dash either so I think that's a work in progress.

I don't know about bicycles, but I have had the car successfully identify quite a few motorbikes on the screen and followed them at set distance.

 

[BenT]

I had a ex-postie motorcycle cut in front of me and it seemed invisible to the Tesla so I wouldn't count on it seeing motorcycles, much less bicycles.
I've not seen it display a motorcycle icon on the dash either so I think that's a work in progress.

Motorcyles show up. Bicycles I wouldn't bet on. I also don't trust parked cars.

 

[raynewman]

7.1 release notes are now on-line at My Tesla.

 

[paulp]

Was looking for something unrelated, and came across a full list of traffic offences and the related demerit points in SA. There are a lot of pages. There is no category or penalty that we could get for using summon. There are so many penalties that there isn't even a catch-all for just plain irresponsible driving. So if there is no penalty, summon by default must be legal?

 

[BenT]

Was looking for something unrelated, and came across a full list of traffic offences and the related demerit points in SA. There are a lot of pages. There is no category or penalty that we could get for using summon. There are so many penalties that there isn't even a catch-all for just plain irresponsible driving. So if there is no penalty, summon by default must be legal?

I had some pro bono ad hoc legal advice from a lawyer at a BBQ the other day. Apparently SA has rules regarding having the car engine running while the driver is not in the car. This affects cars with turbos which need to run the engine after stopping to cool the turbo. I did point out that given tesla has an electric motor one could argue the point of what it means to have the "engine running." In cold climates such as North America it is not uncommon for ICE vehicles to have remote engine start so you can warm the engine and car before you get in. These may also be illegal in SA for the reason above.

 

[Astroboy747]

I had some pro bono ad hoc legal advice from a lawyer at a BBQ the other day. Apparently SA has rules regarding having the car engine running while the driver is not in the car. This affects cars with turbos which need to run the engine after stopping to cool the turbo. I did point out that given tesla has an electric motor one could argue the point of what it means to have the "engine running." In cold climates such as North America it is not uncommon for ICE vehicles to have remote engine start so you can warm the engine and car before you get in. These may also be illegal in SA for the reason above.

Having the engine running when you are not in the car is illegal in some places due to emission reasons. That is why Germany won't allow remote start in its vehicles. BMW and other German brands don't put them in because they believe that it is inefficient.

With a Tesla there are no emissions of course. But for pure EVs the border between engine off and engine on is very ambiguous.

 

[meloccom]

I had some pro bono ad hoc legal advice from a lawyer at a BBQ the other day. Apparently SA has rules regarding having the car engine running while the driver is not in the car. This affects cars with turbos which need to run the engine after stopping to cool the turbo. I did point out that given tesla has an electric motor one could argue the point of what it means to have the "engine running." In cold climates such as North America it is not uncommon for ICE vehicles to have remote engine start so you can warm the engine and car before you get in. These may also be illegal in SA for the reason above.

Latest VF Calais has remote start, I can't imagine that they disable that for South Australia.

 

[TesAus]

Latest VF Calais has remote start, I can't imagine that they disable that for South Australia.

They disabled it permenantly by closing the factory!

 

[paulp]

I had some pro bono ad hoc legal advice from a lawyer at a BBQ the other day. Apparently SA has rules regarding having the car engine running while the driver is not in the car. This affects cars with turbos which need to run the engine after stopping to cool the turbo. I did point out that given tesla has an electric motor one could argue the point of what it means to have the "engine running." In cold climates such as North America it is not uncommon for ICE vehicles to have remote engine start so you can warm the engine and car before you get in. These may also be illegal in SA for the reason above.

There is no penalty in the very long list of penalties for leaving an engine running. Hopefully soon there will be a penalty for running a fossil fuel engine without a permit.

 

[gcgp]

So there are legal concerns re summons? Each year we hear tragic reports of driveway accidents in cars being driven by people. It must be one of the cruelest events for a parent to run over a child. How safe is summons? Can we assume that the sensors would prevent such an accident. Certainly if you are standing outside the car with the car coming towards you this must be safer than reversing it from in the car as you have a clear line of site. If you are outside the car and the car is moving away from you you must have an unclear line of sight. The ideal of full automation would be to avoid human error and accidents. If the sensors are up to the job then summons may well be safer than a car being driven by a human.

I agree with you 100%. Majority of accidents happen because of driver error. Automation is the key.