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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 :)