It's been sort of a given that Elon Musk's association with the Tesla brand has both positive and negative connotations, but over the last couple of years it seems to have heavily tilted towards the negative. He seems to spend more time operating in tilt mode than he ever has. It all seemed to take a dark turn when he boasted about buying twitter. Since then it's been a real shizenpantz show.

As an owner of a couple of Tesla vehicles, I initially was willing to ignore some of his stupidity. Now I'm not so sure. Knowing what I know now I would not purchase a Tesla. My fear is that he will end up blowing it all, sacrificing any and all good will and market leadership that Tesla currently enjoys, and eventually will kill the company dead.

I think the final straw for me was the recent layoffs. From the outside looking in it is obvious there was no plan. It was just him and his emotional cannon going off. There is no way in hades that any of this can have a positive spin to it.



It really appears that this guy should not even be left in charge of his own life, much less a multi-billion dollar company.

Thoughts?

Yes, I know this will bring out the Musk fanboys, but if you look at him and what he's doing frankly and objectively, you may come away as alarmed as I currently am.

Autopilot is one thing but what is the point of fsd if it’s nagging me to grab the wheel every 10 seconds. For one it’s down right dangerous telling me to grab the wheel when it’s making a turn. That’s how bones get broken.

So Elon says that Tesla will reveal a dedicated robotaxi vehicle on 8/8. What do you think we will see? Will it look like this concept art or something else?



I will say that while this concept drawing looks super cool, I am a bit skeptical if it is practical as a robotaxi. It looks to only have 2 seats which would be fine for 1-2 people who need a ride but would not work for more than 2 people. I feel like that would limit the robotaxis value for a lot of people. Also, it would likely need a steering wheel and pedals for regulatory reasons even if Tesla did achieve eyes-off capability.

So I think this is concept art for a hypothetical 2 seater, cheap Tesla, not a robotaxi.

Could the robotaxi look more like this concept art but smaller? It could look a bit more like say the Zoox vehicle or the Cruise Origin, more futuristic box like shape IMO and seat 5-6 people.



Or maybe the robotaxi will look more like the "model 2" concept:




Other questions:
- Will the robotaxis be available to own by individuals as a personal car or will it strictly be owned by Tesla and only used in a ride-hailing network?
- What will cost be?
- Will it have upgraded hardware? Radar? Lidar? additional compute?
- Will Elon reveal any details on how the ride-hailing network will work?

Thoughts? Let the fun speculation begin!

I recently updated to 2024.8.4 on my 2020 Model Y with front USB port. I have used the same Samsung SSD T5 for years. I noticed that the TeslaCam icon showed a red X so I unplugged and deleted the files via my laptop. Now, when I plug the USB back in nothing happens. The red X remains and under Safety the options are grayed out. I tried to plug in a basic USB stick and still nothing happened. Anyone else?

I wanted to start this thread because I haven't seen it discussed a ton. I am a long time BMW owner, so this is a very popular topic amongst that community. Many of the aftermarket wheels and tires I have seen run on there Model Y's are not that aggressive. I feel this is more because of the EV efficiency thing, but I also have seen where guys do care about the looks of the can. Obviously a wider track or stance will contribute to better handling dynamics. Especially as many of us start to transition over to the newer coilover setups that are being produced. Feedback is that these setups offer not only better performance in the handing department, but also significantly better riding comfort and dampening.

I would like everyone to use this thread to post their specs and widths for what they feel are the best wheel sizes and offsets. I am looking to see aggressive setups which would be flush or even slightly poke to the fender lips. Please let us know your wheel diameters, widths, offsets, tire specs, and spacer sizes if you are running them. It also helps to know your ride height if you are lowered of modified, as well as some pictures of your overall look. I feel these type of threads are extremely informative for us for making decisions for summer as well as winter setup decisions. I have many times heard from vendors or other forum members that certain setups would never work, only to prove they worked perfectly with any rubbing or issues. Frankly, I can't stand to look at vehicles with poorly fitting wheels sunk into the wheel wells. I feel many people do this especially on winter setups just because they are not informed of how wheel widths effect offsets. I encourage everyone to post away, and look forward to your photos and info.

Let’s gooooooooo!!!!!!

EDD: May-June

Supposed to be able to view them on phone with 14.6 software but I’m getting no alert on my phone

So, the model 3 thread exists so thought I'd start one for the Y.

I'll go first. Ordered today, grey/black RWD. Am waiting on a model 3 (expected Aug-Nov) so will organise a test drive in the Y and decide which order to keep.

A new supercharger is under construction at a Wawa on Route 36 in Hazlet, NJ. Correct address is 1413 NJ-36, Hazlet, NJ 07730.

We've all seen multiple breakdowns of range and efficiency for changing wheels from 1 diameter to the next.

My question, is there similar information available for staying the same diameter but wider? I have the stock18x8 and considering various aftermarket options at 18 x 8.5 to 9.5.

For this question, ignore the aero covers I don't use and assume total wheel + tire weight is within 2 lbs.

TIA

at the Tiger Mart located at 625 FM 664, Waxahachie, TX 75165.

https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2024003993

I'm currently downloading 2024.14.3
Has anyone else got it yet?

Hi, it said i have an update to.install. set it to install and after sometime it failed. Currently the car says up to date but clearly not. How do i get it to download again, as it lost the download as well.

I decided to create this thread as a more focused variation of the Option Trading and Advice thread, with that focus on the option strategy known as The Wheel.

The thing to understand up front - I'm not a financial advisor, nor am I particularly expert in options trading. So far my experience is almost completely in the options selling side. My forays into option buying either ended in large losses, or are currently losing (index puts). But the option selling has worked great for me!

My first and strongest recommendation - if you're new to options trading, or haven't studied it systematically, then I commend the training here:
Free Options Trading Course from Option Alpha | Option Alpha

This took me about 30 hours to go through all of it (1.25x speed worked great for me). And I urge you not to skimp.

This is both general option trading education, along with education about a particular option trading strategy (selling volatility). You're going through that material for the general education, and you'll pick up information about that particular strategy at the same time (it happens to make use of the same edge in the market as The Wheel).

From here on, I'm assuming the level of knowledge conveyed in that linked education.

Here's a link to the FAQ / Glossary thread.

Is anyone else’s Powerwall offline?

Mine’s gone dark and says no recent data available

Filing for a Supercharger at the new Tesla Service Center located at 19820 Hempstead Hwy, Houston, TX 77065. Completion date slated for May 2023.




@corywright @MarcoRP

Link to the service center thread:

Happy to see that the newly added panels pretty much keep up with the draw from the car (the spike between noon and 3 PM).

I was prepared to stay with Tesla for a good while. Even though I cannot stand Elon.

I keep reading more and more about Elon firing left and right.

I suspect we’ll stop seeing software updates soon and soon it will be hard to get parts.

Elon looks like he is giving up and putting all chips on robotaxi and FSD.

I was hoping for an S/X based on all the updates in cybertruck.

Looking at Lucid Gravity but that won’t be available for a while. And they are not in great financial shape.

Range and efficiency is crap on so many EV’s

Curious when people think the one month FSD trial will actually start rolling out, if it will be just a slow rollout only to FSD 12's at first or just a mass notification on all vehicles capable that they can get a trial month

Have seen a few posts from years back about this error, nothing recent. Ive been using the same SSD on my Model Y for 2 years now, when I check it in PC it works fine, tried different USB drive, car doesnt recognize it at all. My setup is 100% OEM. The OEM wireless charging pad still provides power, but the dashcam port wont recognize any USB drive and gives:

"UI_a112 - USB device malfunction - I/O Error"

Anyone else experience this?

Has anyone received the spring v12 update yet?

Interesting news/rumour from Electrek today saying Tesla has sacked its ~500 strong Supercharger team. Apparently they will finish building the sites in progress, but no new ones will be going in.

I’m a bit puzzled by this one and can’t work out what’s going on with Musk. They have a big lead in charging and could quite happily take the charging crown in a number of countries, but now seem to be rowing away from this? Curious that this has also happened at the same time as Tesla have opened a whole bunch of UK SuCs to all vehicles.

I can’t decide whether I’d like to know what goes on in Musk’s head!

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