Except for the iDrive and similar dial based systems, you have to look away from the road anyways to use them, as the dial is universal (it’s not like dedicated dials where the function and position for a given setting is always the same). A touchscreen actually lets you get to where you want much faster because you…

Yeah, I used iDrive and the Mercedes equivalent and it’s a pain in the ass compared to just a touch screen. With a touch screen, you can directly click on what you want, with the dial, you can to rotate through different options. Also entering an address for nav is unnecessarily complicated.

Yeah, I watched the video and there was no lurching. Looks like he just let off the brakes a bit (not fully as the brake lights appear to be on) and let the car creep forward naturally a tiny bit.

This is more common than you think. Here’s a case that happened in CA. It’s an even bigger deal as a statewide amber alert is sent out:

Yeah, just saw a 3 series BMW with super loud exhaust this past weekend that you can hear loud and clear even on the highway with all the windows up in the rain (which typically drowns out all other noises). Judging by the body mods, it’s likely on purpose and not another victim of a catalytic converter theft. These…

Way cheaper to install a hidden kill switch though.

“What “adjustments” might those be? Tesla doesn’t say, but the chargers are still activated through the normal Tesla app. It’s unclear if any code on the chargers had to be updated, in order to achieve a handshake with other vehicles, but we’re definitely not talking new pavement or hardware here.”

“Why not take their money?”

The patents are not the problem, it’s access to the network. Even if you use a Tesla connector, that doesn’t mean you get access to the Tesla network. Tesla’s condition previously was you must chip in to expanding the network to gain access, but no automaker took up that offer.

It might work out ok if it at least had 150kW fast charging, but due to the small battery, it only has 50kW. That’s the problem with small batteries, you take a double whammy: not only is range less, charging speed (in absolute sense) is slower. It’s actually a triple whammy, given battery degradation also scales in…

You can’t buy a new Tesla on the site that gave the stat, which is a major variable (considering that Tesla has a huge majority of EV marketshare). In fact, that may be enough to throw out the results if you want to make a generalization about EVs. So even if that played a factor, I doubt it was reflected in the stat…

Or more accurately, the car will treat itself as a “human,” as all of its moves are trained by human driving. Even humans don’t tend to make decisions necessarily that will consider an altruistic  move, but would rather be an instinctive reaction, which usually will try to preserve self first. It’ll make the most…

Yeah, that’s the immediate thing I see. Taxing unrealized gains may have weird effects on the market, like for example forced selling of stocks. Haven’t looked into it in detail, but the short bit I heard in local news says economic experts say it’s a bad idea and haven’t worked in other countries.

Wow, you have some serious issues if you need to resort to personal attacks to make a point. I'm just reporting the number shown in my lifetime meter which includes highway usage obviously. Vampire losses is around 1 mile per day, which even with my relatively low amount of driving (I drive only around 5000 miles a…

Well, most people don’t even know what the technical SAE definition of L2, L3/L4/L5 means (which is what CA DMV is basing their standards on), including many authors here (I’ve seen glaring mistakes in articles here, for example that nap rating article). The reality is the line between end-to-end L2 and a L3+ system…

Elon says the hardware is capable, but obviously at the moment the software is not. FSD Beta is still testing L2 software (City Streets, which is a L2 feature, in a more generic sense, it’s known as end-to-end L2) and as such, it’s not required to have trained drivers testing it. Eventually they may release L3/L4/L5…

Tesla doesn’t need trained drivers because they aren’t testing autonomous vehicles with FSD Beta, according to DMV filings:

California passed “right to charge” laws to address this:

Yeah, my lifetime average on the SR+ is 220Wh/mi or about 4.5 miles per kWh and I’m not driving particularly efficiently. It’s actually not that hard to get in mixed driving. Sure, that doesn’t include AC to DC conversion losses and other idle losses, but if comparing supercharger miles that doesn’t matter (as that’s…

Putting aside the Teslas out testing are not an autonomous vehicles (according to DMV filings they are only L2, so semi-autonomous), FYI companies are already testing autonomous vehicles unmarked without any public notice. If you are in California like me you would spot a lot of them.