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It is just NFC, which is why on the key-card it shows holding it up to the middle of the B pillar to unlock the car.
Not sure that is much better than a key. I assume you don't have to insert it anywhere inside the 3. I hope they at least keep the feature of just stepping on the brake to startup the car.
dhanson865
Well-Known Member
Only until Apr 2013, after April as in May to December aka most of the year the S60 was the base model until Apr 2015 when the S70 took over as the base model.
one5n1neSDoo
Member
How is it that NONE of the 30 people who took delivery on Friday is a TMC member? How long is it going take for the first person to post a thread that they took delivery and can answer our bajillion questions about the car?
I think Tesla discourages their staff from participating here. In the distant past they tried to have selected PR/marketing people participate, but people on the forum tended to make it hard for them to have a controlled conversation. I think it is established that many of them do read this forum, and they probably bite their tongues frequently wishing they could say something, but the high level decision was likely that it is better to let us "do our own thing" and they stay on their side of the fence.
Usually things end up leaking out, like someone leaves the company, or some friend/relative gets access to the car and starts talking about it.
Or some employee doesn't realize that they aren't supposed to say anything, and they just do. Hopefully they don't get in too much trouble when that happens, but there is always that risk.
Tesla will likely start letting more and more press have access to the cars. And bloggers / webcasters tend to be considered press these days, so I expect we will see more and more reviews from people who do that sort of thing for a living.
I was pondering some adjectives to describe what I thought different Tesla staff were feeling on reveal night:
#1: Elon; determined
#2: Design; proud
#3: Engineering; excited
#4: Manufacturing; scared
#1: Elon; determined
#2: Design; proud
#3: Engineering; excited
#4: Manufacturing; scared
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Just in case you haven't seen enough ride-along videos yet, here's mine. Mostly mucking with the screen, including the settings for vents (which was weird) and other basic stuff... like wipers, which are controlled only from the screen.
People tend to make fun of Model 3 saying it should have "KITT" LED scanner on the front, but it strikes me that the smart vent practically has that hardware already. If they had LEDs on the vent flow director mechanism it could have an easter egg for KITT mode. Actually it would be nice if it could light up to show you where you set the airflow.
I wonder if would make senses for them to add an "air sweep" oscillating mode where the vent pans back and forth like that. A lot of table top home fans have that feature.
I wonder if would make senses for them to add an "air sweep" oscillating mode where the vent pans back and forth like that. A lot of table top home fans have that feature.
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Canuck
Well-Known Member
Maybe a few of them do but I'd be surprised if it was that many. Most people like to leave work at work.
one5n1neSDoo
Member
This is from an article about the August Smart Lock. From 2013!!
"The lock only uses Bluetooth low energy to recognize when a phone with a digital key is near. No need to bring the phone out; August unlocks automatically."
This technology isn't new.
"The lock only uses Bluetooth low energy to recognize when a phone with a digital key is near. No need to bring the phone out; August unlocks automatically."
This technology isn't new.
Bluetooth is instantaneous if your phone is on, doesnt require cell signal or connection to Tesla. If it is Bluetooth, of course. Awaiting real confirmation.
silentsnow31802
Member
Great video. Answered one of my questions.... does not seem you can fully disable traction control even on the rwd models.
HankLloydRight
No Roads
Interesting.. I could not see any button there to bring up a browser. Wonder if that was removed for M3 or just not ready yet.
That's a great idea.
dhanson865
Well-Known Member
I'd say it's more likely they filmed it for 30 seconds or some short period like that and then used video editing to clone the clip to make it the full length they wanted.
I swear that one of the drivers said that there were wiper controls on the turn signal stalk.
DrivingRockies
Closed
I believe he (driver in video) said wiper SPEED controlled by touchscreen. My assumption is you have to use the screen to change from auto to full or something of that nature. Kind of stupid...
