20 Things I Discovered I Love About My Tesla Model 3
Before we begin, I wanted to give an update for Elon Musk on the Tesla Model A my youngest daughter designed.
Before we begin, I wanted to give an update for Elon Musk on the Tesla Model A my youngest daughter designed.
Tesla’s V10 software update was teased recently thanks to a flood of information flowing from Elon Musk’s Twitter feed. According to Musk, the timeframe for V10 “depends on how release to owners with early access goes, but hopefully wide release by end of August.” Early access members have been given an early August release date.
Early Testing Reveals 20% Faster Supercharging In Latest Software Update Early testing on the latest software update for the Model 3 reveals Supercharging rates have increased 20% in 2019.20.1 compared to 2019.12.1 on a V2 Supercharger. The update highlights just how much work is happening behind the scenes in the … [continued]
It has almost been a year since Tesla CEO Elon Musk teased a new Keep Climate On feature specially designed for party animals and campers — now a Tesla hacker who goes by the name of “green” just released a screenshot showing the new “Party Mode” button added to the climate options.
Teslas are the first (and so far, the only) cars that constantly improve themselves. Every time you get in your Tesla, there could be a pleasant surprise in store. What new useful (or whimsical) feature have Elon and his merry pranksters come up with this week?
We are used to software updates on our phones, but cars that require software updates are still somewhat of a novelty. Until Tesla came along and shattered that paradigm, cars were more like appliances that, once they rolled off the production line, didn’t evolve much in functionality, safety, or technology. … [continued]
Tesla’s Model S and Model X have gone through a refresh, but this time around, it’s more of an engineering refresh rather than a design refresh — Tesla engineers were able to optimize the drivetrain design in such a way that these vehicles are able to provide significantly more range than they were able to deliver previously using the same 100 kWh battery pack.
Tesla’s Vehicles Self-Diagnose Then Self-Medicate When Faults Are Detected
Journalists have been calling cars “computers on wheels” for at least a decade, but there’s a problem with that metaphor: these days, even the simplest of computers can update their software remotely, with little or no user input required. Other than the ones made by a certain California company, cars don’t do that. Today’s most “advanced” non-Tesla vehicles can do little more than update their software to fix problems, and even that usually requires a trip to the dealership.