@wholemars I don't believe idiot proof is possible because the universe keeps producing bigger idiots (and puts them in positions of power).
English
Jerry Jorgenson
9.5K posts
Tesla Self-Driving needs to be not just safe, but idiot proof.
English
Would you rather have:
Faster Charging ⚡️ 🔌
OR
Longer Range 🔋 🚗
TESLARATI@Teslarati
I didn’t think this would stimulate as much conversation as it did. Most people are okay with waiting 10-15 minutes for 10-20% charge because it gives them a chance to grab food, use the bathroom, etc. Does Supercharging need to be as fast as pumping gas?
English
@B_doong2daddy Agreed. Superchargers in (or very near) state and national parks would be really great.
English
I met this family drove a gasoline truck from Nashville to Texas state park,
He said there was a certain period where no gas stations at all and he barely made it
I have peace in my mind with my Cybertruck because of plenty of superchargers
But it will be nice to have superchargers in state/national parks
English
@elonmusk Sure is--except when they take it away the way they did in 2.9.1. Brought my FSD usage down from 99% to 98%.
English
Try Tesla self-driving! It’s awesome.
Raoul Pal@RaoulGMI
Tesla FSD is nothing short of magic. Just rented a Cybertruck, picked it up at the airport and it drove us directly to the Airbnb. None of the stress of a new city, new roads, new car. Had it for 5 days and never drove myself. It drove perfectly. So easy and liberating
English
Most of my Tesla's miles are trip miles. The average trip is 2,000 miles, typically done in two long days plus some local driving in between and camping with no charging at or near the campsite, so it's not possible to camp more than one overnight stay as often campsites are not that close to Superchargers. 500 miles EPA means 300 miles range in real world driving (e.g. not 55 mph). I was very disappointed when the auxiliary battery pack for the Cybertruck was removed. Yeah, taking up cargo space wasn't great, but it would sure have been a real boon for those of us who camp.
English
Unless you’re driving 500+ miles per day, you don’t need an EV with that much range.
The average person drives around 37 miles per day. Current Tesla offerings provide way more than enough for the vast majority of people.
On road trips, I can usually only drive about two hours before I need to get out, stretch my legs, etc. During that time, my car charges. It’s not the inconvenience people think it is.
It doesn’t make sense to lug around a huge battery when most people don’t actually use that capacity.
William Shatner@WilliamShatner
When Tesla’s get to 500 miles per charge; I’ll think about one. BTW there’s an app that allows Waze to work. 🙄 #thinkIdontknow? 🥱😑
English
@elonmusk I use Grok a lot, but I don't use it for regular queries because when I just want a list of links, it gives way more information than I want.
English
Cool, well Grok will get even better every week!
Brian Roemmele@BrianRoemmele
Elon, I think it is the best AI model upgrade across all platforms thus far. I have convinced the last OpenAI hold out clients to move to X.ai APIs. The absolute tonnage of @Grok Heavy in lifting power is stunning and closeed the last hold out. We will need the space telescope to observe number two so far behind. Thank you and the team!
English
@BastianBraun121 Camera cleaning should have been done years ago. Every Tesla owner has been asking for it--especially the rear camera.
English
🚨NEWS: More Model Y now testing camera cleaning hardware – first Austin, now Las Vegas too!
Living Life@TheZacher
Update on the parking lot full of Model Y’s in the suburbs of Las Vegas. I went back today — lot is emptied by about half. The Model Y’s remaining that I saw had the camera washer which is supposedly only for Robotaxi. Also the vehicles had either Texas manufacturer plates or no plates. I think Tesla is getting for Robotaxi in Las Vegas!
English
@DevinOlsenn Nothing will help mass media in their quest to stop Tesla. They just can't stand it that Tesla is successful without spending $150M to $200M per year on advertising.
English
I hate that despite this clarification I know that I will have people in my life come up to me and say "Did you see that video of the cybetruck crashing on FSD?!"
The self-driving overlay needs to be baked into dashcam footage by default - it would help so much with this type of misinformation.
Elon Musk@elonmusk
@wholemars @WR4NYGov Logs show driver disengaged Autopilot four seconds before crashing
English
@rhensing I'm afraid all that will do is just encourage people to not get FSD. After all, many people said "I have Autopilot, so I don't need FSD"
English
Agree. It’s a great demand lever they could pull. Imagine a quarter where they give you FSD for free on any model?
Whole Mars Catalog@wholemars
Tesla NEEDS to do a free version of FSD Delivering cars with just TACC is a fucked up situation Please Tesla, this will supercharge adoption. It’s not for me, i’m a paid FSD user. But we need to hook the users who don’t want to or can’t pay.
English
🚨 Possible bad news for #FSD in the Netherlands. Rumors are circulating that the possible RDW approval date has shifted from March 20 to April 10.
Sources (incl. someone who spoke to a Tesla NL manager) say tests are going very well and RDW is satisfied overall, but they provided Tesla with a list of improvement points, and gave until April 10 to address them. Others heard directly from RDW that March 20 isn’t feasible.
Important; This is NOT official yet. Let’s wait and see what happens on March 20 first. But we should prepare for the possibility of a few more weeks delay.
Also, FSD ride-alongs in other countries have been extended to April 30, likely connected to this timeline.
Fingers crossed for good news soon. 🤞🇳🇱🇪🇺🧿
#Tesla #FSD #TeslaEurope #RDW
English
Then get rid of the gerrymandering. The voter ID thing is a made up issue (mainly used to block certain people from being able to register) because you have to provide identification when you register to vote. Paper ballots with human counters can easily be invalidated if the counter doesn't like the way a person voted (this actually happened in Florida. They didn't like the election outcome so they counted and many ballots were invalidated as "spoiled" to change the election results.
English
@Geo_Pelton @DirtyTesLa It's under WiFi. Basically, I had to connect to Starlink to fix the "Self Driving will be available in the next release". I was surprised when there was no FSD available because it's been working for a long time and Monday morning it wasn't there.
English
@JerryJorgenson3 @DirtyTesLa Enabled Starlink? Is that an option in Tesla’s menu?
English
I feel like something has changed with FSD lately... Have you noticed anything? Post clips if you can
English
1 Year Ago Two Days Ago (Completely forgot again):
Starlink 12-16 climbs with the Sun.
English
They would have to design all new vehicles. It's not just about adding a few cameras. Their vehicles are built around the supplier chain which has a chip or two for each function all from different manufacturers cobbled together. This doesn't work with FSD where it needs to control every driving function.
English
Why isn't there at least one auto company, US or China, who's interested in licensing FSD?
English
@herbertong It's Wall Street pirates and hedge funds that slump the stock, not Tesla's performance.
English
🚨 Tesla to build $4.3B battery plant in the U.S.
Tesla and LG Energy Solution will build an LFP battery cell factory in Michigan, with production starting in 2027. The cells will power Megapack energy storage systems made in Texas.
This strengthens Tesla’s U.S. supply chain, lowers costs, and supports rapid growth in its energy business, which is already becoming a major profit driver. $TSLA
English
@AJamesMcCarthy Yeah, it depends on what year you are doing the viewing whether or not it's perfectly aligned. (Of course, a Time Machine is required to actually see this.)
English
If you look for Polaris you'll see it's not *quite* perfectly North, but close enough.
The way the arcs flatten out as you near the equatorial plane also illustrates that we're the ones moving, not the stars.
Andrew McCarthy@AJamesMcCarthy
All you need is a camera and a tripod, and you can make the stars come alive with Earth's motion.
English
All those on your list seem fine to me. It's better routing in local areas that's the real problem.
1. Avoid unrprotected left turns when a similar distance protected turn (or no turn) is available.
2. Avoid narrow, cars parked on both sides roads when a wide, few parked cars road is available--even if its a few metres longer.
3. Prefer roads with traffic lights compared to stop signs. (some route choices add a significant amount of time taken to get on a busy road when there is a stop sign compared to when there is a traffic light.)
4. Many side roads have the same speed limit (30 mph in my area) as wider roads when the practical speed limit is half that due to narrow road and cars parked on both sides. The car should know this and no just use the speed limit for calculating.
5. Have the driver be able to set preferred routes for frequent local drives (which would cover 1, 2, 3, and 4).
It should be possible to do this with Grok, but I've had zero success so far.
English
@LamarMK Agreed 100%. Cybertruck is the best vehicle I've ever had--including other Teslas.
English
