Early this morning at about 3am ET/midnight California time, Tesla started rolling out access to “Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta” to Tesla owners who had gotten an average Safety Score of 100 and driven more than 100 miles since September 25. As noted previously, I was one of the ~1000 drivers … [continued]
After a long — often impatient — wait, Tesla owners across the United States have nearly gotten access to the company’s “FSD Beta” driver-assist software for city streets. As one of those owners, I’m going to document below what exactly we got in the past 24 hours. First of all, … [continued]
One of the hardest decisions we had to make when buying our Tesla Model 3 was which seats to get — the black or the white. Today, that would probably be the easiest decision — and I’m not using hyperbole here. We already knew this, but we knew it much … [continued]
My Tesla Model 3 is two years old this week, yet it feels new again. Not long after I bought the car, it got one of the most significant software updates in the history of Teslas — Tesla added a “Theater Mode” where you could watch Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, or … [continued]
My wife is European, so we live a more relaxed life and take summer European vacations lasting about a month or two. Just kidding — I haven’t taken a full day off in more than 11 years! However, what is true is that we went to Europe for a month … [continued]
What Tesla Model 3 service do you need after 15,000 miles and two years? I’ll run through everything I’ve had and am told I’ll need soon.
Can you charge an electric car with a regular outlet? This is actually a very common question. Many people even skip past asking this question and assume the answer is “no.” After all, a car is a giant machine. Both phones and computers use normal electricity plugs and outlets (or … [continued]
This is a question that is quite common among both Tesla owners and non-Tesla owners who intend to become Tesla owners: “Should I charge my Tesla to 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%?” Having owned Teslas in a few different scenarios, and having followed Tesla closely and professionally for nearly a decade … [continued]
In mid-2019, I bought a Tesla Model 3 SR+ and decided to get the Full Self-Driving (FSD) option. At the time, the expectation put forward by Tesla CEO and Technoking Elon Musk was that FSD would be “feature complete” by the end of 2019. That didn’t mean robotaxis or even … [continued]
Electric Car Life With Home Charging Is Ridiculously Easy
