Chad Conrad

@thecircuitpulse @A_MrBenMitchell @Tesla Yes, turning climate on remotely does condition the battery, and I was going to suggest this, but then I realized what Ben was talking about, and it won’t heat up the battery to Level 3 charging conditions. You have to be driving toward a Supercharger for that routine to kick in.

@A_MrBenMitchell @Tesla +1 I supercharge a lot and this would definitely be helpful when you have to go to a supercharger station thats nearby. Does turning the climate on still preconditions the battery ? I know that was the case some time ago but not sure if its still works

Currently staying at a hotel on the motorway services. Two supercharger sites available, one north and one southbound. @tesla PLEASE let us precondition the battery remotely. It’s probably at 12° right now and when I plug it in later it’s going to have no time to warm up

@DriveTeslaca (From another post it looks like I was worried for nothing. It looks like the view I currently know and love is still there, but that you can now swipe up and down on the trip card to see the new view/info.)

@DriveTeslaca I sure hope I have the option to keep the old one that was customizable to show the combination of things I have selected (current consumption, odometers, etc.). This new thing looks less useful to me.

Here's the new Trip Card from the Spring Update 2026.14.1.

@JeanIncon @djibey @ZeClint (I was quite annoyed to see they finally added a front bumper camera for 2026, a year after I upgraded. I hope they provide a retrofit option for my 2025, but I’ve heard or read that that is unlikely. 😢)

@JeanIncon @djibey @ZeClint The vision-based parking assistance is remarkably good, so I don’t miss the ultrasonic sensors, but I really wish I had a front bumper camera, because neither of my Model 3 cars has been good at detecting curbs or other low obstacles right in front of the bumper.

Aujourd'hui grosse discussion avec mes ingés (chez Argil) sur pourquoi Elon a viré le LIDAR de ses voitures autonomes. Choix radical, moqué pendant des années, et comme d'hab il avait raison depuis le début. Le LIDAR c'est un laser qui balaye l'environnement et crache un nuage de points 3D. Sur le papier tu obtiens la géométrie exacte du monde. Dans la vraie vie c'est une verrue technologique collée sur le toit parce qu'on sait pas faire mieux avec la vision seule. Problème numéro un : ça rajoute une modalité dans le training du modèle. Ton réseau doit apprendre à fusionner vision + lidar + radar + ultrasons. Chaque capteur en plus c'est une source de désaccord à arbitrer, pas une source d'info supplémentaire. Sensor fusion artisanale = dette technique permanente. Problème numéro deux, la bitter lesson de Rich Sutton : scaler le compute sur une seule modalité bat systématiquement les architectures bricolées à la main. Tesla a dropé le radar, puis les ultrasons, est passé full end-to-end vision. Leur courbe sur les edge cases s'est accélérée APRÈS, pas avant. Waymo fait l'inverse et reste stuck en ops géofencée. Problème numéro trois, le plus fondamental : le LIDAR voit la géométrie, pas la sémantique. Il sait qu'il y a un truc, pas ce que c'est ni ce que ça va faire. Les derniers 9 de fiabilité sont des problèmes de cognition, pas de perception brute. Un capteur de plus résout rien, il ajoute du bruit. Sébastien Loeb balance une 208 T16 à 180 dans un chemin boueux corse sous la pluie avec zéro LIDAR. Deux yeux, un cerveau. L'évolution a donné des yeux aux prédateurs pendant 500 millions d'années, pas des lasers. Il y a une raison. Le LIDAR c'est l'équivalent du marxisme appliqué à l'économie. Une solution planifiée, centralisée, qui prétend modéliser explicitement ce qui doit émerger d'un système distribué et adaptatif. Tu remplaces l'intelligence par de la mesure, la compréhension par de la donnée, l'émergence par le contrôle. Ça rassure les ingénieurs qui veulent tout spécifier en amont, exactement comme la planif rassurait les économistes soviétiques. Et ça échoue pour les mêmes raisons : la réalité est trop riche pour être capturée par un capteur, comme elle est trop riche pour être capturée par un plan quinquennal. La vraie intelligence, celle de Hayek comme celle de Tesla, c'est de faire confiance à un système qui apprend de l'expérience plutôt que de tout pré-encoder. L'élégance d'une solution c'est son rapport signal sur complexité. Le LIDAR explose le dénominateur. Défendre le LIDAR en 2026 c'est préférer empiler des hacks plutôt que résoudre le vrai problème. C'est de la feignasserie intellectuelle maquillée en rigueur d'ingénieur. Les mêmes gens qui défendaient les systèmes experts en 2012 contre le deep learning. Ils finiront pareil. Never bet against end-to-end. Never bet against la simplicité. Never bet against Elon.

Even in darkness, we glow. In this image of Earth taken by the Artemis II crew, we can see the electric lights of human activity. In the lower right, sunlight illuminates the limb of the planet.

@Sofia_Goldberg_ @NASAAdmin Both pilots killed. Initial reports are that a controller cleared a fire truck across the active runway, and the jet—presumably cleared to land on that runway—slammed into it on landing. So sad for all involved, including that controller, who will never be the same. 😢

My thoughts are with those affected by the Air Canada crash at LaGuardia. Thankful for the rapid response from first responders and aviation professionals on scene.

@BasedDrRoop @djcows I can afford the $99/mo., I just choose not to spend that much on an incomplete feature. And I like driving.

@djcows if you're a broke boy just say

i keep seeing people driving their hw4 Teslas MANUALLY and i'm just so confused WHY

@JakeeDaytoner @djcows V14 on HW4 is actually quite assertive. Still not worth the price to me as long as you have to supervise it, though. And it speeds in school zones and still generally annoys me a lot. I was actually relieved when the most recent trial ended. 😂

@JasonSouthwell @djcows Yeah, during the recent long free trial a few months ago, I could never get it to slow down in school/playground zones, where the cops here (for good reason) have pretty much zero tolerance.

@djcows Cause 75 in a 25 seems a bit excessive for Chill mode?

@TheGadgetGuru @djcows They’ve already pushed out multiple free trials and many or most people don’t subscribe at the end of the trial. I love my Tesla—I’m on my second one—and I am also a shareholder, but as a consumer I don’t see the value of FSD at the current price with current capability. Sorry.

@djcows This is why Tesla should offer a 24-hour or seven-day FSD program. If a HW4 owner tries it for a day or on a road trip, they will most likely become a subscriber.

@UsedTampon2001 @djcows 😮😂

@djcows a lot of people just can't let go of the control it drives so much smoother than a person too

@djcows @gailalfaratx Nope. I’ve had several free trials, including the recent v14 trial on HW4. It’s great, but still annoying at times and not worth C$11K or $99/mo. to me. I could maybe see subscribing for a single month for a long road trip, but even then I’m not sure. Autosteer is good enough.

@gailalfaratx haha idk... but i think they'll never drive manually again if Tesla gives them a free trial period

@djcows @ijoshuajohnson Yeah, $99 per month is a lot for a feature I still have to supervise. Glad I have included Autopilot. I’d be pretty angry at having to pay such a high price for any driver assistance.

@ijoshuajohnson $99/mo subscription

@djcows Uh, cause I like driving my fun Model 3? And because I couldn’t justify C$11K or $99/mo. on software that still requires supervision? (Especially when Autopilot is good enough on the highway.) Maybe if FSD ever gets to the point where I can nap or answer emails, but until then 🤷🏻‍♂️

@SawyerMerritt I live in Canada. Both my 2021 and 2025 Model 3s were built in Fremont, but not too long before I bought my 2025, Tesla was bringing in a lot of cars from Shanghai, so they could preserve the US-content cars for the US market (re. credits). So, new reason, but not a new practice.

NEWS: Tesla has quietly pulled all the existing Model 3 inventory from its Canadian website, effectively clearing the deck ahead of a major change in Canada’s automotive trade policies taking effect. Coinciding with the official launch of Canada’s newly established quota system for Chinese-built EVs, the sudden inventory wipe strongly suggests that Tesla is preparing to resume importing Giga Shanghai-built Model 3s north of the border. notateslaapp.com/news/3727/tesl…

@Tesla FSD v14 is amazing, but not worth $99 per month, sorry. After learning from all of us beta testers over the years it should be free or very cheap, especially while it must still be supervised.

FSD Supervised today is a completely different experience compared to earlier versions

@DaVido1008 @tesla_na Some possible differences: • Maybe US insurance market is very different? But my jurisdiction (Alberta) isn’t known for cheap insurance. • I probably get discounts for being a middle-aged professional with a clean history, paying annually, and bundling with my home insurance.

@DaVido1008 @tesla_na That does seem like a lot! My annual premium for my Model 3 is only C$2421 total, so that would be the equivalent of about U$150 total per month. And like I said, I don’t remember it being materially different when I switched from an Audi A6 ICE to a Tesla Model 3 five years ago.

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