With that statement it makes even less sense. The “current state of charging infrastructure” very much includes Tesla’s supercharger network! In fact, it makes a huge part of the EV charging infrastructure in the USA!.

That makes zero sense as a justification, that’s like saying you shouldn’t compare charging speeds and battery life of Apples vs other products because the Apple product uses a proprietary connector. As long as the products are cross shopped, I don’t see any reason why they shouldn’t be compared, because an actual…

Yeah, leaving out Teslas (which makes up a bulk of EVs sold today) makes it kind of meaningless. Although if you look at other such comparisons, the Teslas tend to slaughter everyone else on long road trips. To beat a Tesla with a non-Tesla on a cross country trip, pretty much all the stars have to align.

There’s a few factors that can make a car have a battery that old. First of all, a 2021 Model 3 could have been manufactured as old as October 2020. Second of all, although this situation is rare and Tesla tends to use refurb batteries for replacing defective batteries under warranty, they likely have stock of some…

You make a good point, that is what really matters to end user. From how Tesla service operates, I doubt they are doing VIN flagging and keeping a record of how much range the car had when it was sold. Most likely they do it based on EPA and the Monroney sticker, as that’s the easiest way (multiply that number by 70%,…

First year degradation is always a lot more, and then it slows down. It really depends on what SOC and temperatures it was stored at. If it was fully charged and stored in high temps, it’s not unusual at all to lose that much, if not more. Modern cells with thermal controlled packs don’t do quite as bad as specified…

That’s informative. It makes sense to update the rules in response to changes in the industry.

Because we allow that for any other driving scenario and generally the bar for driving on the road is very low here. Preproduction cars are driving on public roads regularly. Learner’s permits are issued regularly to people unfit for the road on their own. Heck, many people that drive on the road today with their…

It has to move with you, before that function is activated. If it’s was just somewhere and you came into range, it won’t activate.

The difference is Tile is cross platform so you can still receive the “thank you” notification when it connects to your Android device and you have the Tile app. Also, the app needs to be running for it to work, and the install base is much smaller (so the chances of it being able to track a vehicle is much smaller).

There are actually 3 modes that you can set according to your preferences.

Well I just hope it’s not a real dog and pony show like Chrysler did back in the day, where pretty much none of the cars went to production except the Pacifica PHEV.

Beat me to it, accelerator application, especially strong application (like someone would do in a pedal misapplication) would override any auto brake systems.

Beat me to it, 99.999% of the time it’s wrong pedal. Reminds me of the whole hysteria in China about the Model 3, turned out to be wrong pedal almost every time. The only related thing is people activating ACC unknowingly, which Tesla did add a chime to address. But even in that case, any tap of the brakes would…

I was going to say the same thing. They had Trump on the cover. Being on the cover doesn’t mean you are a saint, only that you have influence. And no matter how much haters hate Elon, even they have to admit he has influence (otherwise why keep talking about him).

You only get regular cruise control if your car is not equipped with AP. Otherwise the lowest level you can set it to is ACC (regular CC is not an option). However, as others mentioned, given most Tesla have AP, this stunt is done easier by using AP and defeating the driver monitoring system. That way, the car will…

That’s not my experience with my 2021 Model 3. While it does take more steering to fully exit autopilot, you can override its input using the same steering position as if you were driving yourself even before it exits.

Yeah, even when Tesla had an open console, it had side rails. Then the purse or bag can sit in the area without sliding around. As it is in the picture, it’s not that well thought out. As you say it’s also a wasted opportunity in terms of adding a bench seat (although perhaps there are safety concerns for having a…

Whatever car you end up getting to wrench, make sure it has a roomy engine bay and the engine option that still leaves the bay roomy. Otherwise you will end up cursing yourself when working on it. Also helps if you look up the service manual first (which sometimes can be found free online) for the most basic repairs…

That’s not the argument I'm talking about above though, it’s people that suggest using spike strips are the way to go, and then when bad things happen, they are now saying it’s being used improperly (which this article didn’t present).