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The car seems to be nagging a lot more when the sensor's confidence levels go low. Make sure that the radar and the camera sensor have no obstructions. Clean the windshield in front of the middle rear view mirror to get rid of any glare that may interfere with machine vision. And if everything...

Oh boy. You have no idea how close you guys are to reality. Mercedes actually lists their cars wth a 35 or so liters gasoline tank. You can order an upgraded tank to 85 or so liters. The upgrade is free (or at least the dealer will give it to you for free). Why? Simple: in the emissions tests...

I'll be happy to help with the CAN bus boards. I have a pick and place robot and an oven available (Chinese quality, so don;t use too fine pitched parts or even BGAs). I am located in Germany, but I assume that none of the parts used have export restrictions.

Amazing. How can the entire left fender burn away, but the tyre still be fine? Just glad that nobody got hurt.

That's like asking if I ever wanted to go back to a tube TV after using an HD LED flatscreen TV.

Re: Doom! That's it. It's officially hacked. Awesome work!

OK, I found the information : Wireless front parking camera with monitor for front bumper protection Thanks for the links, yes, they claim that it is an OmniVision OV10630, also named Q7382315, 1280x800, 10bit YUV depth, 3V, OminiPixel3-HS family. The product brief show a digital bus that may...

Could someone please get me the part number of the camera itself (the Tesla module number may help, too). I remember that in the very early days, some manufacturer was priding himself with having the Tesla contract, but I can't find that article anymore. It contained part numbers, and I was able...

I received it today. No obvious changes found yet. Did not try launch control on my 19" winter wheels.

Adding an external HDMI port would be absolutely fantastic. I could hook my smart phone to it, and whenever a message comes in, z quick tap on the camera button will let me see what's on the phone display without actually touching the phone. Yay!

I wish that in my short life, I'd have the time to discuss for 63 pages how the kWh numbers of my car were calculated. Those who care should sue, and let us know the out-coming on page 64. Done.

1: kids that are too young to hold an iPad should not be watching TV to begin with. Get a sock puppet. 2: my kids can hold iPads and never ever watch TV on them. They want to be online and interact. They can't interact with an iPad that is glued to the seat. 3: as was said before, any...

Even though I live and drive in Germany, going 160mph is possible, but nothing I do regularly. There are a few individuals out there that push their cars to the limit, but going faster than 110mph is incredibly impractical with heavy traffic and other drivers criss-crossing between trucks and...

2nd row seat swivel:

I think I figured out the seat configuration. Look at the front center console: it has a visible arc on the side, so it probably has space under that arc. Also, the mechanism in the elbow of the seat is quite peculiar. Lastly, by the looks of it, the middle seats can't fold. Here is the...

Yep, my sentiments exactly. This is obviously a computer rendering and may be based on whatever they thought the seats could look like. This public offering to a mere 27 people is most likely a poke with a stick to figure out the options that early adopters may choose, and to keep the rest of us...

Tesla sighting in a comic? The Joy of Tech comic… Distraction time!

I have my Samsung Note 3 and my Tesla key in the same front pants pocket. Moving the key next to the phone instead of on top of the phone is enough to make the key work.

Just push the thing forward, and it will not re-engage. I have pressed the "missing" button exactly once in the life of my car: minutes after I drove off the lot, I switched it on. It was SO MUCH worse on my Lexus: I had to switch it on every time when I started the car. Hugely annoying.

In Germany, we need to bring our cars to an extensive inspection every two years. The very first inspection is after three years. When I sold my Lexus CT200h that was replaced by the Tesla, I brought the Lexus to the inspector. He refused to inspect it because of all that "hybrid electric crap...

Thanks so much for that address. I will give it a try. In the mean time, I have ordered samples for three alternative colors. I would hate to rip the still brand-new foil off, but I am simply not that happy with it and I want the old dark green back. Oh Elon. How could you do this to me. ;-)

Yep, the old green was so beautiful and classic. The foil is nice, but not nearly 100%. I am seriously considering changing the foil. The alternative green is almost as dark as the original, but no metallic effect in it at all. I should try a fender and decide... . At least the original paint...

Thanks for the hint to send them an EMail - any specific EMail address? I never got any reply from "suggestion" EMails. The SeC said that they could not do it. Oh and of course the obligatory picture:

Tesla removed green as a paint option. Well, I wanted green, but got a black car, so I decided to have the entire car covered in green PVC foil, and it look great, though quite a bit brighter than the original green. Now, the software obviously still supports green cars. How can I change the...

In the late 1800's, a man waving a flag had to walk in front of motor driven vehicles in England. The official stand was, that without the noise of the horses, thousands of pedestrians would get killed by horseless carriages. But it was a trick: by demanding that someone walks in front of the...

The trim is clipped on wrong. Have the SeC fix it! If you open a rear window just a tiny bit, and the pressure noise goes away, your car may have a issue with getting rid of the air in the cabin. SeC should take another look. Also, as someone wrote before, the triangular shaped window on the...

I wanted a green car. After my order, Tesla discontinued the color and I had to choose a new one. I decided to take black and wrap the car in foil. This is the result (sorry for the blur):

NSA has bird food. Pigeon won't tell.

Heh heh. Here in Germany there are basically no valet parking opportunities at all, simply because no German would leave his car with someone else. No way. In Germany, they should translate Valet Mode to "I'd prefer if my kids did not drive this car Mode".

"The entire fleet...". If I have learned anything about tesla, then anything that sells to less than 25%, it's obsolete and wil be scratched (green and brown paint, double charger, etc.). Reversing that experience: if it applies to 75%, for Elon, that would be "the entire fleet", right? So it's...

Maybe, just maybe, the software update will allow bidirectional power. Meaning, that with the correct inverter, the car can run the electrics in the house. Chedemo cars usually can do this, creating a backup power source for emergencies. After Fokushima, this was a great selling point for...

The European system uses three phases at 240V each when charging in AC mode. Three phases are quite uncommon in the U.S. . In domestic areas, it's usually one phase at 110V, sometimes two that can be coupled to generate 240V. The five main pins in the European Type 2 connector are protective...

Thanks for the suggestion. Bike racks in Germany need tail lights and a license plate. Taillights work differently in Germany: break light and directional light must be separate. On top of that, our license plates have a completely different size and mount. I could never mount that U.S. bike...

Well, I didn't get conclusive information. I much prefer to get the actual requirements from a user. Maybe they were concerned about legal implications or whatever. Maybe I just asked the wrong questions. Has anyone in the forum a working EcoHitch? Which offsets do you use? German trailers use...

I ordered the Ecohitch for my Model S and it is on its way to Germany. Unfortunately, ball mount adapters are not available in Germany (it's a long story!). Could someone please post the offsets that are required for the adapter, so I can order one online? Thanks!

The connector is a HSD Fakra. You can not buy those easily in Europe. But they are available in China of course. This one here (not related): http://www.ebay.com/itm/HSD-Fakra-Jack-C-type-connector-PCB-mount-for-Blue-GPS-telematics-or-navigation-/330861619827 for example hat the right...

I had a nice -un-Tesla moment last week. I've had my Tesla for 9 months now, and I do not miss having to pull over at gas stations at all. Last Friday however, I had to drive a VW Passat for one trip (don't ask). On the way back, I pulled over at a gas station, put the nozzle in, and - without...

Haha, yeah, I thought about that. I doubt very much that the firmware is easily accessible though. At least the core is likely stored on the MCU. It's not like this is a RaspberryPi with an OpenSource OS on an SD card ;-) There's only hardware mod that would be fun though: loop an FPGA into the...

I have developed software for movie special effects for ten years. I have quite some experience with well written and chaotic software, bright developers and slow developers. I know very much about the pressure of release dates (when a 300 Mio. dollar production comes to a grinding halt because...

Meh! Major meh! Then at least it should be a service under Android, not an app. Ah well, it's beta.

Is the API to add calendar entries known yet? I would love for VT or a service to grab changes from the cloud and push them to the car without having the Tesla app running day and night (which does't work on Android anyway).

Please keep us updated. Thanks!

Wow. This rabbit hole does go deep, at least for Ford an Toyota! After reading the article, I am shocked how badly these systems are secured. He was able to simply read the entire firmware from a module in a Ford Escape (he does not write about Tesla!), despite every micro controller having copy...

Found some connectors on EBay and even received them after a while in a box with many Chinese symbols on it. Look for HSD Fakra Jack. Try to get it in white. The blue one needs two additional grooves. EDIT: these are for mounting on a PCB.

Scott, the excitement and press coverage comes from the fact that Tesla has put quite "normal" PC's into our cars. Until a while ago, there were no computers in cars. Then the car manufacturers started to put very proprietary computers into their cars, hiding information from us (and those pesky...

Graphics for beige and gray seats Hi jpasqua, I added two png files that should align to [email protected]. Just draw them after a body of any color, but before drawing the doors. Hopefully the quality is good enough. The graphics were inspired by the Tesla configurator and painted until they...

Awesome! As this is X11, the touch interface should at least return clicks and drags to the app as well. Perfect. X11 has some nice features such as shaped windows that remain on top. This would allow us to draw new interface elements onto the existing Tesla screen. Depending on the...

OK, that plug would be a Rosenberger HSD.

Um, where exactly is that plug located and how does one get to it?

Thanks so much for fixing this. Your app is incredible!