Refresh Model X & S Waiting Room - AUSTRALIA (Orders cancelled by Tesla May2023)

[EcoCloudIT]

What you point out is true. I can drive a Model S and have it display in Fahrenheit. On the other hand you cannot drive a Model S and have it display in Celsius. So what's your point?

One thing you neglect to consider is that I may be in Mexico or Canada in which case I might be driving a Model S which is set to display in Celsius. What a cannot do is go to Australia and do that. Do you see the problem now!

My S, 3 and X all show in Celsius…wow….stupid I feel you are…

 

[EcoCloudIT]

For anyone lamenting the loss of the Model X or wanting an EV replacement, here is a car review from the head of the AMG EQ project (so its a bit dry but informative) showing the AMG EQE SUV. It is the AMG features only so you need to see a different video to understand the base SUV. If you are into track work this has a prolific amount of data availability. At the end he outlines RHD versions will be delivered toward the end of this year. The SUV version of the EQE is not yet available to test drive.

My wife has her name on one….

 

[raynewman]

"WHEREAS the people of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, humbly relying on the blessing of Almighty God, have agreed to unite in one indissoluble Federal Commonwealth under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and under the Constitution hereby established:" - from the preamble of the Australian Constitution - don't get much more British than that.

So you have British style government, you speak with a British accent, and you do British things. Driving on the left side of the road is a British thing. Another British thing is the rabid anti Americanism that Americans are subject to from Australians. Like whining about Tesla when they fail to supply you with the models that you somehow believe that you are entitled to.

So, if it quacks like a duck and waddles like a duck ...

Actually not anti-american or anti-north american or anti-usa; just anti Troll.

 

[meloccom]

Okay.
Locking this thread for a day or so, so we can all calm down and stop feeding the trolls. You were warned.

 

[Sluggabed]

One of the few markets getting the LHD in a RHD market (UK) have been treated to this little gem of Tesla 'thinking' and engineering with their recent deliveries

 

[Hairyman]

There are already a few photos out there of people using them to wave swipe cards over sensors from the driver’s seat. I agree that it is fairly clunky, but not such a pointless work around

 

[Hairyman]

It doesn’t really address the fundamental issue however

 

[Sluggabed]

May as well paint all cars white and just hand out different tinted glasses to see the colour you're after, all in the name of cost savings. Six figure car manufacturer shopping at the 99 cent store for savings

 

[paulp]

One of the few markets getting the LHD in a RHD market (UK) have been treated to this little gem of Tesla 'thinking' and engineering with their recent deliveries

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Presume its left handed

 

[ICUDoc]

I'm still salty.
FFS, Elon, change your mind.

 

[Sluggabed]

I'm still salty.
FFS, Elon, change your mind.

Not sure if you've actually been in the refreshed Model S, the salt burns that much more, it really is an absolute breath of fresh air compared to the former model.

 

[ICUDoc]

Not sure if you've actually been in the refreshed Model S, the salt burns that much more, it really is an absolute breath of fresh air compared to the former model.

I hate you

 

[raynewman]

I hate you

Me too; last year I drove a 2021 Plaid S from LA to Austin and back to LA. Not bad, not bad at all.

 

[meloccom]

Just a reminder that in the Internet people don’t always know when you’re joking. That’s why they invented emojis.
Given that I have had to shutdown this thread in the past I ask that everyone makes an effort to be civil and prevent misunderstanding.
On the assumption that this was in jest I have added an emoji.

 

[ICUDoc]

Sluggabed knew, meloccom.
As did every Australian who placed an S-order, I suspect.

But to show that I'm a learning robot:
raynewman: I hate you, too

 

[Sluggabed]

I hate you

Me too.

Glad we're all singing from the same hymn book
I made this meme about myself at the time and when I got to experience the car, now it's a salty memory and feelings that belong on an episode of the Jerry Springer show and a relationship that has gone South. Dam you Elon.....

 

[Sluggabed]

Is there any hope that the latest Drive-by-wire patent by Tesla an avenue to restoring RHD Models S/X in the near future? Or is it still not worth their while...

Tesla Steer-By-Wire System Filed in Latest Patent

Read more about Tesla's recent patent for steer-by-wire technology.

www.techtimes.com

 

[ICUDoc]

Drive-by-wire patent

Good point, Sluggabed, it would seem easier to re-arrange the car if you don't have a solid shaft from steering wheel to rack.
I know some drive-by-wire cars still DO have such a shaft (for safety) so I am unsure if it will help our cause...

 

[mrpseudonym]

Even if it does become an avenue to restore RHD models, it will be years away. I am doing some work now getting new technology into the auto industry and I am staggered at how long it takes to go from idea to production reality. Compliance (read safety) testing plays a big part and for something like this it will be years.

 

[paulp]

Is there any hope that the latest Drive-by-wire patent by Tesla an avenue to restoring RHD Models S/X in the near future? Or is it still not worth their while...

Tesla Steer-By-Wire System Filed in Latest Patent

Read more about Tesla's recent patent for steer-by-wire technology.

www.techtimes.com

So just to be clear, your steering inputs would be sent to the wheels via a reliable and never buggy piece of tesla software. Sounds fun. Does the patent include a trademark for “phantom steering”?