But China’s situation is a bit different in that although they do try to control access to outside news, the control is weaker than in other nations (jumping the firewall is very common). The populace is placated mainly due to continual economic growth (padded with fake numbers or otherwise). When things upset that,…

Yep, a lot of Tesla owners are still on older versions because they don’t like the new UI changes. It’s easy to let others be guinea pigs and install updates later.

That’s stuck out to me too, the total amount doesn’t actually seem that much for over 50 people. Maybe they thought it would fly under the radar or there are cases that they weren’t caught for.

Yep, a junkyard salvages the most valuable parts. There’s lots of battery modules from scrap yards that sell for good money on EBay. While I don’t doubt there may be scrap yards out there still ignorant about EVs and might just crush the car, I think that will be rare going forward due to economic incentives not to do…

The updated studies say it’s actually a lot better than previously estimated, given previous studies largely assumed the battery production was powered by dirty electricity sources like coal, when in reality the energy mix has changed and gotten cleaner. Batteries also are using less materials per kWh (the main…

“if we are crap at it with cell phones and laptops why will we suddenly be good at it with BEVs?”

I saw the picture and immediately saw that road is definitely not meant for 90mph (no way it would have an intersection like that).

Thanks for posting that. I would have never known that reading the above article or headline, which instead strongly suggests that someone was browsing MAGA sites and pasted the wrong link.

Yep, there’s a local subway project here and it’s way over budget, way late (by years). Near the station it has also disrupted residents/businesses due to constant sidewalk and road closures to install the necessary infrastructure. It also has potential impact on the strength of local foundations (they needed to do…

The monorail wouldn’t run through their neighborhoods, the subways would.

I think their argument is that by the letter of the law, as long as the PWS emits enough volume at the given bands, they have met the law. That is easily accomplished by playing both the PWS sound and the boombox sound simultaneously. From reporting I have read, Tesla did testing that demonstrated this and also fought…

There are minimal sound volumes that is required at every band, so not any random noise will work. There is however no specific standardized sound required. But Tesla can meet that by playing both the PWS sound and the boombox sound at the same time. I presume that is what they were doing given the recall note does…

But the law itself does not say that’s an issue. It only has minimal sound volumes it requires at various bands. Does not specify it has to be a sound that is recognizable as a vehicle.

My understanding is they are saying the issue is the boombox noise is louder than the original PWS sound (both are coming out from the same speaker). But given the original law was that the PWS is intended to allow pedestrians to hear the car and also the law itself does not specify a specific sound, I’m not seeing…

No, talking about the door and window seals. Those are the parts that usually get frozen and then your door becomes stuck. There are various products out there that are safe for the material and prevents it from fully freezing.

He’s right in that in colloquial speech “self-driving” can include L2 cars which have the “hands free” option. The terminology overall is still in flux (you can see all sorts of definitions being used by journalists), although the most common reference in industry is SAE’s.

There is no dedicated defroster, but there is a vent (at least the newer versions, may not apply to the first 2018 models) that goes through the handle (as well as charge port) and it pumps heated air through if you use the defrost cycle.

I think lubing the seal (although not necessarily Vaseline) also makes sense. Even if you get the handle open, doesn’t mean the rest of the door opens that easily.

It’s redundant in the sense there is dual redundancy, meaning removing either one (or either one failing) would have no affect on the other and the system will continue running fine. A lot of people seemed to have missed this point.

That’s not quite the right take either. The reason they have been able to stay so long is that they have plenty of supporters that are local Ottawa residents that are providing them a steady stream of supplies. I see in the news some even brought over their children to play.