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Motional has tested its L4 since 2021. The progress is slow due to complexity and cost. Unlike Waymo, it still has a safety driver during its L4 operation. https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240516050616

BMW should be selling L3 in Germany by now. It is the second L3 being sold in Germany: https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0438214EN/level-3-highly-automated-driving-available-in-the-new-bmw-7-series-from-next-spring?language=en Mercedes L3 is not allowed in the dark, but...

This article seems to accuse Tesla of discouraging tire replacement services from a generic shop, as that would generate TPMS errors, forcing the shop to work around them by using "Customized Pressure. "...

The video recorded how thieves were able to steal Lexus RX in 90 seconds by accessing the headlight through the wheel arch. Headlights are controlled by ECU (electronic control unit). From there, a thief can reprogram the ECU to unlock the door and drive away. Thus, it's called CAN Injection...

Newer batteries have a digital parameter for replacement: 70%. No such digital number for older ones. They only say something is wrong when your battery can't hold a charge anymore. That means a slippery slope: 65%, 50%, 30% capacities and Tesla could still say there's nothing wrong...

Today, Reuters reported the deposition from Ashok Elluswamy, Director of Autopilot software, that the 2016 video was staged and it did collide with the fence while auto parking. https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-video-promoting-self-driving-was-staged-engineer-testifies-2023-01-17/

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/27/worlds-first-affordable-solar-ev-sono-motors-sion-at-25000.html Solar: 70 miles/week. Sunny places like San Francisco could Solar charge 110 miles/week. Battery range: 190 miles Delivery date: mid-2023 for Europe

FortNine blames the two fatal motorcycle accidents in just 17 days apart in July in 2 different states CA and UT on the removal of radar. Radar might have problems with stationary obstacles, but it has been quite good with moving obstacles traveling in the same direction. When the radar is...

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/samsung-wins-multi-billion-dollar-tesla-camera-deal/ I am not sure how many camera versions there have been so far. Let's see: AP1 AP2 AP2.5 I have not heard of 3.0 cameras but the production of Version 4.0 Cameras is coming as early as next month!!! It's...

https://abc7.com/tesla-model-3-car-freezes-while-driving-la-drivers-freezing/11743278/ I got 3 different Tesla cars since 2012 from classical manual mode to the fancy FSD and each one of them has its screen displays frozen from time to time but I thought nothing of it. They would either reboot...

One of the reasons that I bought FSD is to avoid collisions at slow speeds during parking and finally, Mercedes-Benz/Bosch has a system: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/mercedes-eqs-bosch-intelligent-park-pilot-automated-valet-demo/ The autopark demo at the InterContinental Hotel, Los...

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/07/tesla-cut-a-steering-component-to-deal-with-chip-shortage.html It happens in China: Instead of beefing up the redundancy system for Robotaxi by the end of this year, this is the reverse and making it a Level 2. Of interest is China's uptake of FSD is only about 1%.

It happens in China where freedom of speech is restricted but it looks like won't happen in the US since those who signed NDA still show their FSD beta on Youtube without editing out all the faults...

The driver first crashed into a road side wall and continued on its way. It's a weird chase after the Autopilot: 1) Police should not slow down an Autopilot the same way as a non-Autopilot one. In the youtube clip, the patrol car was zigzagging in front of the Tesla. Autopilot are trained...

Who was complaining that CA DMV reporting system was too burdensome ANNUALLY for SAE Level 3 and above? The Federal reporting system sounds much stricter especially, now it involves SAE Level 2 and above and it's DAILY. On Tuesday, 6/30/2021...

Since Camping World (RV specialist) and Lordstown (Endurance Electric Pickup Truck specialist) have jointly announced their plan for "Class E RV", would you be interested in a Tesla RV anytime soon? Lordstown Motors, Camping World to Build an Electric RV Together They plan to have one test...

Tesla Model X Lawsuit Alleges Autopilot Failed The accident happened when the white Audi in front merged from the right in December 2017 in Long Island Expressway, New York. The driver claimed Autopilot was on but it ignored the merging car and tried to fill the gap between the Model X and the...

Fast-charging damages electric car batteries Two UC Riverside engineering professors led the research and found that Industry Fast-Charging, like Tesla's, subjects batteries to heat and resistance which then causes cracking, leaking, and capacity loss. They have found the cure by using a new...

Tesla can thank Trump, Beijing for speedy China launch The article thanks Trump for the tariff war that has motivated China to quickly helpTesla to build the Gigafactory and deliver the cars in just 357 days. Without Trump's tariff war, there would not be any motivation for such a speedy...

Moderator note: The first 11 posts in this thread were moved from a thread describing a different Model X accident in Mountain View, CA, in 2018. It's almost a year later and it looks like another gore point accident but no one's hurt this time: ‘Confused’ Tesla on autopilot runs off N.J...

Tesla sued for passenger death due to defective battery | Reuters It claims Tesla “failed to warn purchasers of its vehicles of the battery’s dangerous condition.” Tesla does mention in owner's manual under "High Voltage Safety": "In the unlikely event that a fire occurs, immediately...

https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2019-01-04/tesla-urges-tariff-exemption-for-chinese-made-car-computer-brain 25% Tariff imposed since 8/2018 on Chinese-made computer or "brain" for Model 3 assembled in the U.S. has hurt the Tesla's profitability so Tesla wants a tariff relief...

It'll be interesting to see whether Perovskite Solar technology will take off anytime soon. It's CaTiO3 instead of silicon. It took silicon 30 years to reach its current Solar cell efficiencies but Perovskite has quickly caught up in about 9 years since 2009 at 3.8% and now 23.3% in 2018 in...

Tesla crashes into Castro utility pole, occupants flee scene | Hoodline All driver and passengers of the crashed Model X fled the scene. Possibly it was stolen. SFPD has not commented.

May be it's time to re-evaluate where companies are with Autonomous Vehicle Progress: Who’s Winning the Self-Driving Car Race? The article covers 16 companies that you might not agree with the order below: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11)...

Chandler, AZ, Friday, 5/4/2018, clear sky, good daylight, clear traffic: Autonomous Waymo Van was hit by a Honda sedan coming from the opposite direction. The Honda was swerving to avoid hitting a dark car at the intersection but it then climbed over the median and hit the Waymo. Only minor...

Since Tesla is now with bigger market capitalization (49.03B) than Ford (43.21B) as of last trading week, when will it be credited by BBB Better Business Bureau and should get some decent grades beside a current failing "F"?

It may not be a big deal as a car was waiting in the driveway on my right would run across my path to make its left turn. However, this is what Mobileye described that its hardware supplied to Tesla was lacking "Lateral Turn Across Path detection" (LTAP) in 2016 fatal Autopilot accident in...

Tesla Australian got it. When will Tesla U.S. get it? That's beating Kia 7 year warranty too! Vehicle Warranty | Model S and Model X

Woman claims self-driving Uber struck her car, left the scene Uber gave Autonomous Science another bad reputation again as it hit a small Kia on 2/24/208 which made the Kia undriveable. The driver of Uber Autonomous Vehicle promised the victim that it would take care of everything from getting...

Self-driving car PULLED OVER and ticketed in San Francisco after getting 'too close' to pedestrian | Daily Mail Online This happened at a pedestrian crosswalk. It'll be interesting whether it will challenge the ticket in traffic court because it says it's 10.8 feet from the pedestrian and not...

GM sued over self-driving car crash with motorcyclist This is what I understand of the event: Cruise Autonomous Vehicle was driving at 12 MPH. Motorcyclist was driving at 17 MPH with lane California-legal lane-sharing practice. Cruise Autonomous Vehicle was moving to the next lane in the...

Tesla 'Supercharger' plans submitted for Wareham Crossing - By Matthew Bernat Permit for 12 bay Tesla Supercharger is being submitted and likely be approved in 30 days according city officials. Hope @BlueShift will post it in sc.info too! Wareham Crossing (shopping mall) 2421 Cranberry...

Reuters published the report today which might have negatively affect TSLA stock price: Build fast, fix later: speed hurts quality at Tesla, some workers say "Quality checks have routinely revealed defects in more than 90 percent of Model S and Model X vehicles inspected after assembly"...

4 arrested in theft of 4 Tesla cars, apparent break-in at dealership | KSL.com Read the story yourself! I can't figure it out! Did Santa Clause come early in disguise as Mr. Telsa to give these 4 people each with a Tesla car to drive away? The article mentioned "keys" but I think they mean...

Model S and X have rectangular lifting pads with 3 holes and they are located on the outer edge. Model 3 Jack Points look different (triangular with 1 hole?) and they are not located anywhere near the outer edge but rather more inward. Would anyone please take a picture because the drawing is...

https://jalopnik.com/ex-employee-says-tesla-broke-law-with-mass-layoffs-law-1819855711 Another day, another lawsuit. The world used to be simple: When your boss said it's Performance Reviews then who are you to question that. Now, the plaintiff Abraham Duarte wants a jury trial to decide...

First look at world's largest Tesla Supercharger station in Shanghai, China According to the article, Tesla Model S owner Jason Man was the only one charging there as of Monday afternoon, 10/23/2017 when usually, it's a long line for other Superchargers in Shanghai area. Where's the crowd :)

Spotsylvania could become pit stop for electric-car owners (coffee for you, juice for the car) Both Tesla and supercharge.info don't have any evidence of Supercharger plans for the area. Wawa convenience store spokeswoman only says it's working with Tesla but gives no details. "Spotsylvania...

Tesla fires hundreds from headquarters, factory Tesla says these are performance-based departures. The dismissals include engineers, managers and factory workers. Does it think new inexperienced replacements a good way to fix the slow production ramp up?

Is Coast to Coast in an Electric Car Currently Viable? The article above is against coast-to-coast EV due to long charging time as it says: "We strenuously note that we would not recommend anyone actually attempt this; to drive this route in an electric car would take a long, long... long time...

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4057277/TeslaFCRA.pdf Plaintiff Wayne Skiles is suing Tesla stating that Tesla obtained his driver license during a test drive for other purposes beyond a driving eligibility proof. He alleges that it shared the info with Experian, Appstem, Salesforce...

Tesla Worker Says Firing Timing Denied Him Lucrative Shares Platt v Tesla Motors Inc., RG17873032, California Superior Court, Alameda County case claims that a fired Tesla worker was denied of exercising an option of buying very cheap shares when he was terminated 1 year after employment...

It's true that Summon is still in beta and owners are responsible if an accident happens. Would someone care to speculate how 2017 AP2 Model X decided to crash into a garage door during a summon. When the owner was in front of the car, the car seemed to detect that and stopped just fine. When...

'I'm taking Tesla to court because I want it to succeed', says billionaire entrepreneur The law suit demands $50,000 for unsatisfactory customer service in dealing with squeaking rear seats of Model S.

Originally, LAX to NYC Autonomous cross-country road trip was planned for December 2017. However, second quarter earnings phone call hints a possible delay until 2018. I guess it's harder than expected.

Plaintiff says Tesla luxury automobile contained several mechanical defects in lawsuit Pennsylvania 2015 P85 Model S lemon lawsuits after 4 unsatisfactory repairs for: 1) noisy front right door panel 2) noisy passenger side window at highway speeds 3) noisy passenger door 4) long boot up...

Class Sues Tesla for Dangerous Braking System Model X owner Roy Wiseman claims that Regenerative Braking is a danger on icy road because when he took off the accelerator it would automatically brake which caused the car skid off to a mountainside. I don't understand the merit of this lawsuit...

Tesla owners should pay more for insurance, AAA says AAA cites Highway Loss Data Institute and other sources with the frequency and severity of claims Tesla says AAA comparing to the wrong competitors. In addition, Model S has the lowest likelihood of injury. Tesla is working with major...

Vietnam gets its first Tesla Model X P100D thanks to a private importer The article reported of the landing of Tesla 7-seater Model X P100DL on the port of Đà Nẵng for an owner from the capital Hà Nội on Tuesday, 5/9/2017 (tip from Nguyễn Thế Phú). It is interesting to see how it will do...