Okay, so I’m sitting in the car waiting for my whole family (husband and two little girls) to come back from a quick stop for shopping. The car is plugged in and charging at a Tesla Supercharger (thank you to buyers who used our referral code). My husband came up with a funny phrase to describe a “park & plug” state, which is “plark.” So, you could say I’m sitting in a “plarked” car in a Tesla “plarking lot.”
Consumer Reports has tested Tesla’s new Smart Summon feature and found it wanting. It’s more like a science experiment than a finished product, the testing service says.
Since I got the Tesla Model 3 a month and a half ago, I’ve been trying to figure out a one- or two-sentence summary of the car. It’s been tough. I’m plagued by a few issues. For one, I’m used to communicating with people who know a ton about Tesla (you), whereas people in the “real world” are often not such people.
After being fed the second news story since Tesla Smart Summon came out citing how unsafe Smart Summon is, I wanted to point out something…
Eli Burton got to show Alex from “E for Electric” just how cool Advanced Summon is in his Model S P100D. The video is 15 minutes long and Eli comes in at about 3 minutes into the video after Alex introduces him. [Editor’s note: This is a unique and interesting video, so I encourage you to check it out.]
Friend & longtime Tesla employee* David Havasi and I play with Smart Summon in a difficult situation. More dramatically, I’ve got a collection of fun and dramatic Smart Summon videos from Twitter to show you.
