Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 21:52:41 +0000
My wife and I have just completed our annual 1500 mile trip from Three Lakes in northern Wisconsin to Lindon, Utah, 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. We take three days in our Tesla Model 3 Long Range just like we did previously with our Toyota Highlander gasmobile. This is true even with two […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 17:48:17 +0000
I saw many takes on Tesla AI Day 2022 that fell into a couple of main buckets. Those were mostly about the robot, Optimus, and we’ve published articles covering that at length. However, I stumbled across some critiques of the FSD Beta portion of the presentation that I found surprising and interesting. These mostly came […]
Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 18:12:05 +0000
We’ve now taken a long road trip with Tesla FSD Beta 10.69. Here’s our report on how it performed. Background — What Is Tesla FSD Beta? There are three different levels of driver automation that Tesla drivers have/can get. Every Tesla car has advanced Autosteer and Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC). Autosteer will keep you perfectly […]
Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 00:39:53 +0000
After 79 days without it, we recently regained access to Tesla FSD Beta (V10.69), along with Tesla’s latest software version, 2022. 20.15. A week later we got the download for version 2022.20.17. For more background, see: “Tesla Full Self Driving Beta: Lost & Found! We Lost It After 206 Days, Got It Back Again After […]
Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:31:00 +0000
I just got my Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD) Beta access restored!!!!! Background For 206 days, my wife and I obsessively used Tesla FSD Beta in our Model 3. However, we struck out for the 5th time on June 27th, 2022, and lost access to the software! A few days ago, after 79 days “in […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 14:15:58 +0000
It has happened, a class action lawsuit has been filed regarding Tesla Autopilot, Enhanced Autopilot, and Full Self-Driving Capability. The people suing argue that Tesla misled them with deceptive marketing that made the Tesla buyers think their cars would be better able to drive themselves. “The lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of California, […]
Credit to Author: Iqtidar Ali| Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 21:10:45 +0000
It has been more than 24 hours since Tesla started deploying the FSD Beta stable subversion 10.69.2 (2022.20.15). “Looks good to roll out to all Tesla owners with 10.12.2 (~100k cars),” Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted just before the rollout began late Sunday evening. “Please note that top priority is safety, so expect it to […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 03:34:35 +0000
First of all, for background, note that FSD was one of my top 4 reasons for buying a Tesla Model 3, and I’d be more than thrilled if FSD got to robotaxi-level capability — and the sooner, the better. I’m also a longtime TSLA shareholder, so any claims that I’d write anything negative about Tesla […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 01:53:38 +0000
Tesla is increasing the price of its “Full Self Driving” (FSD) suite from $12,000 to $15,000 on September 5 when FSD Beta version 10.69.2 goes out for wide release. This is just the latest step in Tesla’s occasional but consistent FSD price increases. Each time the FSD suite gets significant new features or improves a […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 03:13:55 +0000
Amidst the bouts of laughter and Musk-centered adoration were several references to Tesla’s future planning, leading to more speculation about the company’s direction with mercurial Musk at the helm.