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The NSW Government has created a new Empowering Homes Program. Under the program, the state will offer financial incentives to 300,000 homes that add home battery storage. Starting with a pilot in the Hunter Region, homeowners around the state will now be able to access solar and battery power like...
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Rolling out today is the latest build of Tesla software, version 2020.12.10. Users in Australia are reporting that the update now features the much awaited FSD visualisations. These changes now show Tesla vehicles are able to recognise traffic lights, stop signs and even garbage bins on the side of...
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Senior Director of AI at Tesla, Andrej Karpathy presented Matroid Scaled Machine Learning Conference 2020 back in Feburary. Yesterday, the recording of that speech was published on YouTube. During the presentation, Karpathy details the difference between their computer vision approach to autonomous driving, versus the lidar and HD maps...
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Tesla is leading the way when it comes to achieving level 4/5 autonomy, but the development isn’t happening fast enough. Using computer vision to achieve autonomous driving is definitely not easy. The basic principle is to use the array of cameras around the vehicle, combined with an insanely powerful...
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Those hanging out for some new Cybertruck news will be happy this morning with Elon Musk sharing an insight into what they’re working on. Cybertruck will come with new dynamic air suspension to enable better off-roading. Remember this vehicle is designed to be basically more capable than anything else,...
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Tesla has joined many companies in offering online chat to their list of support options. When you visit Tesla.com. the chat experience is in the bottom right of the screen and can be used to connect to a Tesla support agent. A quick look under the hood and Tesla...
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Tesla is now actively rolling out the OTA update 2020.12.5 to owners. Users across the world are now reporting the update is reaching their vehicle. The biggest new feature in this release is definitely the Dashcam Viewer which allows you to review Dashcam footage, right within the car. This...
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Some Tesla owners are in the early release program and what is supposed to be under NDA, often leaks online. One of Tesla’s upcoming software releases is being tested right now. According to this Tesla software tracking site, version 2020.12.5 of the software includes the following features: Release Notes...
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Tesla are the masters of the software upgrades and have continued to roll out free OTA updates to their vehicles over a number of years now. As vehicle production is forced to slow (or stop), one potential income stream Tesla can lean on is paid upgrades. The Tesla mobile...
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Handing over the keys to a new vehicle owner is something that typically involves a vehicle introduction, walking the customer through the car’s features, signing of contracts and of course handing of the keys. Servicing a car typically involves a customer dropping off your keys, then with the service...
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One of Tesla’s biggest assets is their Supercharging network. There are now 16,585 Superchargers across 1,870 locations across the world. Australia has great coverage along the east-coast of Australia, where a majority of the population live and travel. In 2020, Tesla are continuing to rollout new Supercharging locations, the...
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Tesla Model Y’s are now being delivered to customers. After unveiling the mid-sized SUV back in March 2019, just 1 year later, the car is on the road. The Model Y builds on the success of the Model 3 and shares between 70-75% of the same parts, but now...
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My first look at Tesla's Track Mode V2, suggestions to make it even better...
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Tesla reached a major milestone today, producing their 1 millionth vehicle. The 1 million milestone was celebrated with a photo the Model Y, along with Tesla staff who assemble and build these vehicles. The Model Y is about to begin shipping to customers in the US, in just a...
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After having review the Model S and Model X, then buying a Model 3, I’ve got a great appreciation of what’s on offer in Tesla vehicles. After having owned my Model 3 for almost 6 months now, it’s hard not to take what is already a great platform and...
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Tesla has announce Track Mode v2. Track Mode v1 offered Model 3 Performance owners the ability to tone down traction control to the rear to have some fun on the track. V2 takes that to the next level, offering drivers a extensive control of the power delivery. The software...
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We’re now in March, which means the Tesla Model Y, will begin customer deliveries this month. As the Model Y gets closer to your garage, there’s already plenty of them running around the streets and highways of the US. Twitter user Mr Lee Tesla got close enough to take...
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Tesla’s latest vehicle to enter volume production is the Model Y and the first deliveries will begin in March. The Model Y is an interesting vehicle, offering everything we know and love about Tesla products, but it lands in the most popular vehicle segment, mid-sized SUVs. Sharing somewhere between...
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Those of us who ordered a Model 3 early, have Tesla’s HomeLink hardware built in. While it wasn’t included when the car’s were first delivered, most of us have now had the product retrofitted by a Tesla service center. HomeLink was removed a few weeks after the Model 3...
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Update It took a while (till March 7th), but they got him. This morning I received confirmation from the Model S owner that perpetrator (skater boy) had been identified and arrested. It is great news that justice is being served and I hope he gets convicted of a serious...
The NSW Government has created a new Empowering Homes Program. Under the program, the state will offer financial incentives to 300,000 homes that add home battery storage. Starting with a pilot in the Hunter Region, homeowners around the state will now be able to access solar and battery power like...
Rolling out today is the latest build of Tesla software, version 2020.12.10. Users in Australia are reporting that the update now features the much awaited FSD visualisations. These changes now show Tesla vehicles are able to recognise traffic lights, stop signs and even garbage bins on the side of...
Senior Director of AI at Tesla, Andrej Karpathy presented Matroid Scaled Machine Learning Conference 2020 back in Feburary. Yesterday, the recording of that speech was published on YouTube. During the presentation, Karpathy details the difference between their computer vision approach to autonomous driving, versus the lidar and HD maps...
Tesla is leading the way when it comes to achieving level 4/5 autonomy, but the development isn’t happening fast enough. Using computer vision to achieve autonomous driving is definitely not easy. The basic principle is to use the array of cameras around the vehicle, combined with an insanely powerful...
Those hanging out for some new Cybertruck news will be happy this morning with Elon Musk sharing an insight into what they’re working on. Cybertruck will come with new dynamic air suspension to enable better off-roading. Remember this vehicle is designed to be basically more capable than anything else,...
Tesla has joined many companies in offering online chat to their list of support options. When you visit Tesla.com. the chat experience is in the bottom right of the screen and can be used to connect to a Tesla support agent. A quick look under the hood and Tesla...
Tesla is now actively rolling out the OTA update 2020.12.5 to owners. Users across the world are now reporting the update is reaching their vehicle. The biggest new feature in this release is definitely the Dashcam Viewer which allows you to review Dashcam footage, right within the car. This...
Some Tesla owners are in the early release program and what is supposed to be under NDA, often leaks online. One of Tesla’s upcoming software releases is being tested right now. According to this Tesla software tracking site, version 2020.12.5 of the software includes the following features: Release Notes...
Tesla are the masters of the software upgrades and have continued to roll out free OTA updates to their vehicles over a number of years now. As vehicle production is forced to slow (or stop), one potential income stream Tesla can lean on is paid upgrades. The Tesla mobile...
Handing over the keys to a new vehicle owner is something that typically involves a vehicle introduction, walking the customer through the car’s features, signing of contracts and of course handing of the keys. Servicing a car typically involves a customer dropping off your keys, then with the service...
One of Tesla’s biggest assets is their Supercharging network. There are now 16,585 Superchargers across 1,870 locations across the world. Australia has great coverage along the east-coast of Australia, where a majority of the population live and travel. In 2020, Tesla are continuing to rollout new Supercharging locations, the...
Tesla Model Y’s are now being delivered to customers. After unveiling the mid-sized SUV back in March 2019, just 1 year later, the car is on the road. The Model Y builds on the success of the Model 3 and shares between 70-75% of the same parts, but now...
My first look at Tesla's Track Mode V2, suggestions to make it even better...
Tesla reached a major milestone today, producing their 1 millionth vehicle. The 1 million milestone was celebrated with a photo the Model Y, along with Tesla staff who assemble and build these vehicles. The Model Y is about to begin shipping to customers in the US, in just a...
After having review the Model S and Model X, then buying a Model 3, I’ve got a great appreciation of what’s on offer in Tesla vehicles. After having owned my Model 3 for almost 6 months now, it’s hard not to take what is already a great platform and...
Tesla has announce Track Mode v2. Track Mode v1 offered Model 3 Performance owners the ability to tone down traction control to the rear to have some fun on the track. V2 takes that to the next level, offering drivers a extensive control of the power delivery. The software...
We’re now in March, which means the Tesla Model Y, will begin customer deliveries this month. As the Model Y gets closer to your garage, there’s already plenty of them running around the streets and highways of the US. Twitter user Mr Lee Tesla got close enough to take...
Tesla’s latest vehicle to enter volume production is the Model Y and the first deliveries will begin in March. The Model Y is an interesting vehicle, offering everything we know and love about Tesla products, but it lands in the most popular vehicle segment, mid-sized SUVs. Sharing somewhere between...
Those of us who ordered a Model 3 early, have Tesla’s HomeLink hardware built in. While it wasn’t included when the car’s were first delivered, most of us have now had the product retrofitted by a Tesla service center. HomeLink was removed a few weeks after the Model 3...
Update It took a while (till March 7th), but they got him. This morning I received confirmation from the Model S owner that perpetrator (skater boy) had been identified and arrested. It is great news that justice is being served and I hope he gets convicted of a serious...
