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And so: “99 Commencement and transitional provision - (1) The preceding Parts come into force on a day appointed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.” the wait goes on, since there may well be a new Secretary of State after 4th July.

Another 1%er - plus I even got the last The 1% Club one percent question after a few seconds while tipsy having finishing a bottle of Pinot Grigio…

Presumably just add your son as named driver to your M3P policy with EU cover? Depending on current insurer, may be able to do this online (for free, in case of Churchill). The insurer will be more interested it in being a time-limited policy change, as that lowers risk.

Announced yes, but where’s the final bill to be seen? Hasn’t stopped all the papers going on a future outburst about it of course. Plus still very much hangs upons the wording chosen by the UN GRVA by ~2026. Interesting that a timescale of 1–2 years was given for the authorising body to reach...

While Royal Assent was due for 20th May that particular stage is still showing as 'In progress', so it isn’t quite there yet for the stellar 6 months for Transport Secretary to appoint an authorising body to begin their duties. So that’ll be late November 2024 or after then… Fun fact, the...

Seems Admiral MyTrips only reveals the final, qualifying medal once 12 weeks is up AND 1,000 mi is covered. The intermediary states appear purely based on mileage. Which means it’s quite a long wait until 14th June until I can once again floor the throttle pedal. Meantime I’ve become...

On plus side connectivity checked and rectified, excess phone pairings pruned, backup gateway and PWs reset to get Tesla's attention, possibly globally!

There's scheduled, planned, unplanned and of course Tesla(tm) downtime causal reasons ;)

Yes, I’ve been having trouble with the Tesla app showing its overall status earlier but showing the time-tracked detail, and for the last hour a solid 'No recent data available'. Is fine locally through Tesla Pros app. Also saw Cellular Link was 'Disabled' earlier. After an 8 s reset of BG2 back...

2024.14.6 installed to my 2018 S yesterday morning with a tremendous 57 minutes wait to complete. Seems okay in general, only thing I've noticed is feeling need to disengage AP before red traffic lights, sensing that braking would be too harsh otherwise.

Curious view, given online, live dynamic traffic density re-routing when saving sufficient minutes for your own preference without cutting out or fading down music. Probably quicker than the RDS traffic alerts get scripted and read-out by the radio traffic presenters.

It’s pretty clear the only current solution is to ditch the UNECE ADAS regulation within the UK law framework in favour of our own Automated Vehicles Bill regulation approval framework. That’s down to government of the day to achieve that, which may be why they set down the whole new law route...

I drove my father to visit his sister in her 80s just ahead of the announced lockdown, suspecting it would be many months before that might be possible again. Annoyingly managed to scrape my front-left fender against a low wall on arrival while reverse parking in heart-breaking silence, which...

Thetford, UK supercharger in the Tesla app now shows as 16 of 16 stalls available, alongside 'Temporary Closure', so is likely re-opening imminently.

AP was capable of it, at least until the UNECE hobbled the steering wheel turn rate to that of less than a typical human driver. However, AP officially is designed for fast-flowing A-spec roads free of pedestrians and cyclists, similar principles behind the UNECE decision. Hopefully their trip...

I agree with that assessment in general. Tesla have moved on to solving the edge cases of their AI driven self-driving approach, but recently stated just how few percentage of human driving clips there were to do so. So they are/have moved on to simulated life-like edge cases for...

Automated Driving Bill cleared the House of Lords yesterday and so on to Royal Assent stage it goes (when Rishi next weekly meets with Charles). Plus Elon posting that FSD 12.4 Supervised will remove the steering nag in the US - probably on request of NHTSA to rely exclusively on cabin camera.

14 days into DriveScore with 1,000/1,000 for each factor, thought I’d try some fixed comparison quotes to reveal discount… CompareTheMarket Admiral Essential £458.47 Admiral £487.74 Elephant £492.62 Diamond £507.25 Admiral Gold £512.25 Admiral Platinum £556.39 MoneySuperMarket Admiral...

Michelin Pilot Super Sport Acoustic (Tesla T0) 21ʺ P245/35/R21 ZR21 96Y (front) and/or P265/35/R21 ZR21 101Y (rear, depends on how staggered). Michelin Pilot Sport 4S Acoustic is the successor tyre for the originals.

One could argue they are simply lazy and unwilling to do their primary job.

Also, upgrading their sprinkler system, so why is any vehicle allowed to park there in the interim, particular ones loaded with fossil fuels?! Won’t somebody think of the children!

Do be careful with your new Ioniq 5, per How Secure Are Teslas/Tesla Thefts (2nd-most stolen/desired EV)

Tesla Dartford also offers bodyshop service, so ask in the app Service for a quote with photos.

112 pages of that report can be found at https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2023-06/ECE-TRANS-WP.29-2023-86e.pdf

Interesting…

If a full power off and start fixed the problem, then it’s likely software/firmware state was cause. Give it a while to see if it recurs before requesting service.

Hard to tell, Rohan Patel departed shortly after his tweet saying that Tesla took a look at UN regulation and decided it wasn't worth the effort until they got it right. That's the internal realistic view I suspect, hence all bets on demonstrating a measurable success in the US first - land of...

The Automated Driving Bill is purely a prescriptive cut-down on the adhered to UNECE regulations. Also once that's over, it basically leaves another 6 months for an approval committee to be set up in the UK to act as authoriser for manufacturer self-driving systems. First at earliest by end of 2026.

Back to the Lords where it originated for them to assess any of House of Commons amendments, if House of Commons okays it on Wednesday with a vote. Months later Royal Assent may be granted. Then after all that, nothing… until the UNECE Auto Regulation actually permits autonomous driving. Tesla...

The Automated Vehicles Bill has a date for its Report Stage and 3rd Reading in House of Commons at last: Wednesday 1st May 2024. I have AP3 with HW2.1 and MCU2, still waiting as you may have guessed ;)

I love the Before/After images in that Amazon page :)

Some accounts such as Santander Edge Up come with free CHAPS for larger transfers. Otherwise multiple to the daily limit of £100k with £25k transaction cap will be necessary to avoid paying extra. It will usually surprise the US accounts team, so best advise them to expect multiple.

Well, half-way through and a shiny meaningless Gold medal plus immaculate DriveScore, er, score (might as well): Only two missed trips from the logging. Discovered that Admiral only offer ‘up to 10%’ off renewal, the worst of all major telematic insurers. Their speed tolerance is <10 mph...

I noticed this sort of unusual GPS lock drift with a short-lived software update from Tesla a while back. Suspect it’s not signal related but processing side. It may clear itself after car powers off fully and network stack has a chance to reset or after next firmware release.

That video is also from 4 years ago… with suspicion that Tesla sent a fleet of drivers out on the same route to show the most successful at Autonomy Day. This year’s Investor Day originally thought to be around 1st March came and went, so perhaps 22nd April?

Very much looking forward to the “minor bug fixes and improvements” for my ‘legacy’ S.

The ONS stats capture the following properties of vehicle theft: Timing (all, theft of, theft from, attempts of/from) Where (similar) Method of entry (similar) Door not locked Window broke/tried Lock forced/tried Key/electric fob Signal manipulated remotely Window left open...

It applies if you have the AMD Ryzen graphics processor (see Controls > Software > Additional Vehicle Info), when 2024.14 reaches these shores.

Spotted an interesting Freedom of Info request to DVLA about stolen EVs with model-specific breakdown for Tesla: 2023 KIA: 290 HYUNDAI: 187 NISSAN: 91 BMW: 38 MG: 35 AUDI: 32 TESLA: 29 Kia Niro: 199 Hyundai Ioniq 5: 96 Kia EV6: 91 Nissan Leaf: 88 Jaguar I-PACE: 45 Tesla Model Y: 11 Tesla Model...

Also have to watch out for the shortened tariff rate and the full precision one published in the regional differences PDF. My gas tariff since 1st April is 5.963 p/kWh + 28.949 p/day. Last statement text was “@ 6.96p/kWh” (before 5% VAT), when really 6.9610 p/kWh.

They are showing rounded consumption to 1 decimal place, but are calculating with 3 decimal places. Hence the difference. To calculate yourself you'll need to download the raw CSV data from the Energy Usage page or use a third-party interface with their API.

FSD (Supervised) v12.3.4 has been released to legacy S/X owners in the US! (meaning that we regulatory-restricted folk of this small island may see some improvements with next update in ~8 weeks)

Press and hold both scroll wheels on steering wheel for 10 seconds then release once screen changes.

Is it still there after a restart of infotainment? If so, probably a colour symbol to hint at new software feature capability added.

The V11z is the new version of DVLA’s V11 for vehicles attracting a ‘zero’ rate of tax. If renewed online in advance of its arrival then safe to ignore.

Play with the start date and voluntary excess a little to find optimal, calculate cheapest temporary cover quote then decide how to proceed.

Try quoting for 20 days ahead, it may be just short time between quote and start date resulting in price hike.

14th and 21st March DFS settlement figures are finally in. National Grid ESO essentially confirmed they were waiting on some of the smaller providers and had to nudge them into action. 21st 18:30+ = 73 of 84 MW procured for £25,814 21st 17:30+ = 71 of 80 MW procured for £23,463 14th 18:00+ =...

I had Tesla Mobile Service renew my cabin and HEPA filters on 2018 S in March only to find smell of occasional exhaust increasing. Around 60% greater airflow but persistent enough to make me suspect the cabin carbon filter part. So bought myself a Mahle LAO1613 and swapped them over, finding...

Genuine TESLA Model S 2016–2020 activated carbon cabin air filter part 1072736-00-B (barely used) for sale (~£15 incl. Royal Mail parcel £3.19 fee): 255 mm long, 180 mm wide, 20 mm high (K 1376A), Made in Poland (likely by Filtron), serial 2223081, TESLA 107273600-B from mobile service...