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Welcome to the $10k club United States. The price of Tesla’s Full Self Driving software upgrade has just been increased by US$2k to now be a 5 figure purchase. The price increase reflects the new functionality of the FSD beta (software version 2020.40.8.11) as shown by a rapidly increasing...
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Today many Australian Tesla owners (with FSD) received a new OTA software update for our Teslas. If you look through the release notes for version 2020.16.2.1, you’ll find a list of refinements, but there’s clearly some other, undocumented improvements to Autopilot. Aussie Tesla owner and YouTuber @TeslaStraya recorded a...
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George Hotz is the founder of Comma.ai which he claims is the number 2 company in autonomous driving behind Tesla. Hotz was recently a guest on the Third Row Tesla podcast. The episode touched on a lot of different topics, including his failed deal with Elon Musk which he...
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I often get asked who is Tesla’s biggest competitor. While most people expect the biggest brands at the top of the sales charts to be the answer, it’s not. It’s certainly not Google, absolutely not Apple, not Ford, GM, Toyota or even a brand you’ve ever seen in your...
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Today in the US, Tesla owners are receiving a new OTA software update for their cars. Included in this update is not just a visualisation of the traffic lights and stop signs, but the car now responds accordingly. The feature is officially known as ‘Traffic Light and Stop Sign...
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This morning on Twitter, Elon Musk confirmed that two key features of the Full Self-Driving package are going to make their way to Australia, very soon. Full Self-Driving (FSD) is available as an optional extra on Tesla vehicles that currently costs A$8,500. Elon Musk had suggested that as functionality...
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The Tesla Model 3 in my garage received it’s the second update in as many weeks today. After being delivered with V9.0, the big feature updates arrived in V10.0 a few days later. Now today, Australians began receiving another update. This release is version 2019.32.12.1 and focuses on bug...
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There's now an EV in my garage and here's why. ...
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On the back of Tesla’s Autonomy event for analysts (and the world) today, the company has released a video that showcases the current capabilities of their self-driving technology. The video is shot in a Tesla Model 3 and shows a human experiencing one of the most boring drives in...