To be fair, the Waymo likely only did it because it detected there was no traffic in the opposite lane (it can “see” further than human can and can accurately detect the velocity of any traffic it detects). If there really was a minivan approaching, it wouldn’t have crossed over.

Might be possible, I've noticed many recent articles where they make glaring mistakes or just plain make stuff up.

Given the windshield was just replaced, I suspect it was either not properly attached or they broke some clips when removing and reattaching it for the windshield replacement. Some panel clips are essentially one time use and the official procedure may call for their replacement, but technicians get lazy sometimes.

I think it pertains to the salvage operation, so it’s more like if a bag of mail fell into the ravine, you may be expected to pay part of the costs of recovering your mail from that ravine. It’s probably in the contract of carriage. You can probably pay extra for insurance to cover such costs or even be compensated…

To be fair, hard water marks can bake into painted finishes too, just that most people don’t have colors that make it obvious (black for example makes it very obvious). As such even for painted cars it’s not recommended to wash in direct sunlight. Presumably the stainless steel makes water marks obvious also, thus the…

They can’t void your whole warranty (warranty act doesn’t allow that) nor does the wording say that (instead it is a Twitter guy saying that). What it actually says is Tesla doesn’t cover damage to the car if you fail to use the mode and damage it. This is going to be the case for most cars. For example a common issue…

Yep, it's a convenience feature. The most important is disabling all external buttons so the car wash can't in advertently activate them and damage them (as has happened a lot of times with other cars). Also prevent seat sensor from throwing car into park (which can be catastrophic).

Double button pressing doesn’t do a full reboot, it only reboots the infotainment. To do a full reboot you need to also power off the car in the menu, then wait until the contactors disconnect. The 5 hours is probably because he waited for the natural sleep cycle to shut down the car. It likely went to sleep already…

Yeah, the APIs not being shared is one big barrier. But with the automakers signing up to Tesla’s NACS and supercharger network, at least they get access to Tesla’s API for their network.

The windows dropping down is very typical of frameless window design.

You still have functional doors: just pull the manual release. You can't use the electronic releases because the firmware may be updating the module either inside the doors or the computer that interfaces with the door switches. While updating you typically don't want the user to be messing with it.

Answer to #1 is you set the schedule for the update. By default it is 2am at night, so the Tiktokers must have deliberately chose to do it at this time. Also when you start an update, there is a 2 minute countdown timer and it warns you that can’t use the doors or anything in the car while it is updating.

Plus they updated the software anyways so that the windows can drop down even when using the manual release. Also for later updates they drop the windows a bit before starting the update, just so you can open the doors with the manual release without worrying about damaging the trim.

Your update only updates the infotainment, it doesn’t actually update the firmware on the driving modules, which is a whole other matter. Teslas can drive even with the infotainment computer off (screen blank) so it has the same redundancy, just the updates they do is far more more comprehensive.

She had it for 6 years, so I would presume she knows the ins and outs. This is most likely another Tiktok stunt for clicks and everyone fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

The aesthetics portion is probably referring to its wood construction, instead of the design itself. I agree if it was made of steel, this bridge isn't particularly good looking.

“Based on your chart, Huang’s Model X would have had the ‘auto lane change’ and ‘navigate on autopilot’ features.”

Nope, the video title says “Tesla Self-Driving Demonstration”, not “Autopilot” demonstration. In 2016, you can purchase the FSD option for $3000, but the software was not ready yet (it was not released until 2021).

Nope, it demonstrates the planned features of FSD, which can not only stop for traffic lights, stop signs, but also can make left and right turns, none of which Autopilot can do. I would buy that video might have played a factor if for example the driver unknowingly let the car run a red light, but that’s not what…

Well, I hold auto journalists to higher standards than the general public. Because if even auto journalists make zero effort to use the correct units, there is no hope for the general public to learn. Also, when auto journalists get it wrong, unlike in this case, sometimes it’s not possible from the context to tell if…