Yeah Gilroy was super fast for me as well, however the Tesla factory has been VERY slow the last few visits. I'm not sure why they haven't expanded the factory yet with additional charge points, especially with more folks buying new cars right there with free super-charging. It seems the lines and wait times are getting longer already before the 3 is even on the road.
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Yeah Gilroy was super fast for me as well, however the Tesla factory has been VERY slow the last few visits. I'm not sure why they haven't expanded the factory yet with additional charge points, especially with more folks buying new cars right there with free super-charging. It seems the lines and wait times are getting longer already before the 3 is even on the road.
Sorry about the glare, @BestRadar, but here's a picture of the sensor on my AP2 car. I guess no retrofit needed.
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When is your AP2 vehicle built? I thought Tesla removed the dedicated rain sensor and instead am planning to use pure vision to do that.
My car was built in the last week of November 2016, with delivery in the first week of December 2016. I remember looking for the sensor back then but didn't notice it. Honestly I thought it didn't have one until someone mentioned this morning that AP2 cars also have the sensor. I went out to take a picture and prove him wrong and to my surprise, I spotted the sensor.
It wasn't easy to see compared to the sensor on AP1 cars:
The picture above was taken from a video we made in early December. About a minute in, it compares the front cameras. @DÆrik did mention the sensor but you can't really see anything on the AP2 car.
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TurboBear
Member
Mine is late April '17 build, and I had no idea prior to now that I had that sensor.
The guy taking the picture said that he was on the stall next to him sucking up 115kw. So that's probably why it's slow.
Honestly that looks to me like a solar intensity sensor for climate control.
This thread says it is a light/temperature/humidity sensor. It could be the same sensor for the Model 3. I guess the OP in this thread assumed it was a dedicated rain sensor.
pilotSteve
Active Member
Wipers on Model S have been crappy since 2012, I vividly recall driving to a Christmas party Dec 2012 in rainy Portland, dressed in a suit. After the party, windshield was soaked and rain was falling. I opened driver door and said nstantly was drenched as the wipers (left in intermittent) blasted me in n cold water before I even sat down.
It’s not gotten much better in 4+ years!!!!
It’s not gotten much better in 4+ years!!!!
As people have said, this is NOT a rain sensor. This is the Light Humidity Temperature sensor. This is on all AP1 and AP2 cars.
If Tesla really switched the Model 3 back to a standard rain sensor, then Elon has some explaining to do because just a month ago he said he "hoped" that we'd have rain sensing working on AP2 this month. If they've given that up, they need to update manuals, sales materials, and stop tweeting about it right away.
If Tesla really switched the Model 3 back to a standard rain sensor, then Elon has some explaining to do because just a month ago he said he "hoped" that we'd have rain sensing working on AP2 this month. If they've given that up, they need to update manuals, sales materials, and stop tweeting about it right away.
Wow, what a relief. I was ready to sell my S, entirely due to the lack of automatic wipers. This thread was the last straw until your reassuring post.
Can you believe it? I also was ready to sell the car a month ago since it didn't have rear seat cupholders, but then by accident I discovered they are there!
These are great cars, but the owners of them? Not so much...especially the thread stealers.
strider
Active Member
They may have been doing high-speed high high-acceleration runs prior which would explain the high consumption. That also may have heated the battery which would explain the slow charge rate. These are mules so they're going to be out stressing them to try and get them to break, not tiptoeing through the tulips.
