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Interestingly, the cost of this fix will not apply to RJ's plan to show a gross profit per vehicle in 2024 Q4, because it doesn't apply to vehicles made in Q4 (presumably, new vehicles already have the fix installed). But if the fix is performed in Q4, it could artificially help lower the gross...

$400,000 is a drop in the bucket. That's how much revenue they get from the sale of 4 or 5 vehicles. But, yeah, it would have been better if they noticed the unacceptable sound levels before production happened.

Vehicle weight has only a tiny impact on pedestrian safety. This has been studied extensively and the most predictive metric for how dangerous any vehicle is to a pedestrian is how high the hood line is. The higher the hood, the more severe the pedestrian injuries. That's because a high hood...

Yes, three out of four of our current Tesla offer free Premium Connectivity for life. Two Model 3s and one Cybertruck. The other one we pay $10/month last time I checked.

I agree 100%, and it's shocking how many automakers make this same mistake! The dumbest place to hide critical driving information is behind the small wheel we turn to control the vehicles direction. I don't want to have to peer through a moving wheel to see my speed, I want to position the...

That's a false narrative. People aren't demanding the market make hybrids and PHEV's, it's demanding the market makes cars they want at prices they can afford. This is where most EV makers have failed. On the other hand, a pure BEV is the best-selling car in the world last year, and is on...

Tesla has tried to influence semi-tractors without much success? Successes to date have been outstanding and numerous. They have proven the electric semi naysayers, you know, the ones who said Tesla's Semi plans violated the laws of physics, completely wrong. They proved it could go over 500...

I'm a big believer in personal accountability. But I would also like to know the airbags are there if I go over the edge (for any reason) and impact something with enough force to justify deploying potentially life-saving air bags. Are you saying the air bags will not deploy when in the...

That's false. Almost every EV, including Audi and Subarus can charge at a ton of Superchargers that don't have Magic Docks, they just need an adapter so the NACS charge plug will fit into their vehicle's CCS charge port. I had already pointed this out, but it looks like it got deleted.

Huh? You may not intend to be going at high speeds, but that's exactly what happens if you make a mistake and go over the edge! 0-60 in 3 seconds!

I've been using my MorrFlate system to deflate now, in addition to inflating. No further mods are necessary if you get the Quad+ System with pressure gauge plumbed onto the manifold. The pressure of all four tires will reduce by 10 PSI (50 psi to 40 psi in LT285/65/20's) in under a minute...

We know Tesla is manufacturing the adapters to make CCS ports compatible with NACS DCFC'ers and selling them at cost (zero net profit). That's a fact. I'm not sure why you questioned Musk's motives or how we could discern those (other than by what Musk has said about it). He said he wasn't...

It looks like the actual impacts were too light to cause airbag deployment. You don't want airbags going off unless you actually need them. As to how it got so far off the trail, well, that slope above where they left the road is steeper and more irregular than it looks on camera. My guess is...

Yes, it's been apparent since at least 2017 that hydrogen cars were dead in the water. That they were just oil companies attempt to keep their foot in the transport industry with dirty hydrogen. And that even that wasn't going to work. None of this is a surprise, hydrogen is too expensive, even...

"Magic Dock" is not a euphemism, it's an actual descriptor of Superchargers that have built-in CCS adapters, vs. a Supercharger that either requires you have your own CCS adapter for it, or that is not available for EVs with CCS charge ports. Sweet! Let's hope the trend continues! Because...

This is the part that's the responsibility of the Rivian Software Engineering teams. There should be a menu selection so you can configure what kind of chargers show up (ie, have a NACS adapter or not). That's the part that Tesla Software Engineering teams are responsible for.

To be fair, the people who were really moving the infrastructure mission forward are still working in the Supercharger Division, only the deadwood and oil/auto industry plants were fired. The problem is, it's often difficult to tell who is pushing the mission forward and who is trying to throw a...

Tire Reviews are next to worthless. People tend to stick in the price category they buy in. So, a good review might just mean it's better than whatever cheap tire they had on there to begin with. Budget shopping for winter tires can get quite expensive. How much is it going to cost you to fix...

That means the software was faulty.

Wow! What a hit piece. I quit reading when I came to this: "The electric car company also makes money from selling adapters to other automakers." The agreements Tesla signed with other automakers include Tesla agreeing to manufacture and sell the adapters at cost (zero profit margin) to each...