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The round steering wheel and round tires are much more to my taste than the aggressive ones we've seen so far. How much extra are they?

It's been a year, and the object visualization hasn't gotten better. For instance, it was sure I'd crashed into a trashcan while parking this evening, which means it misplaced the trashcan by at least 6 feed. I'm used to ignoring the "OMFG STOP!" chime now, which isn't a good thing. I just...

The pricing on that camper explains why nobody puts car engines or car batteries for extended range.

The Ockham's Razor answer is that leaving those features out of Autopilot is a nudge to make you spend big bucks on EAP or FSD. The hazard is that this may discourage repeat business from current Tesla owners.

I own a decade-old GMC Sierra Hybrid and a Model Y. The F150 Lightning is as much of a truck as the GMC Sierra, but really feels a lot like the Tesla with smooth power and 1-pedal driving. The physical controls are familiar from the Sierra and the other Ford trucks I've owned, the feel is...

I definitely recommend anyone who'a interested in EV pickup trucks to go drive the Lightning. It's the truck to beat at the moment. The 2022 Lightning doesn't fit my needs or budget, but it is my favorite F150 ever and it's the truck Tesla needs to beat. I respect the Lightning, and it's...

SpaceX assploding their own launch pad and causing property damage 5 miles from the launch site does indicate that SpaceX isn't capable of self-regulating.in terms.of safety. After that bit of recklessness (the results of which were so widely foreseen that I heard about without trying), I'd...

It is possible to increase drag via the taper at the back. For instance, the R-Pod campers got this just-wrong and they have a stall-strip installed as a hacky way fix their aerodynamics. I agree that tapering the back is a good idea, I just need to point out that the implementation details...

The reasons stalks are superior to buttons on the wheel is that they don't move when the wheel turns. You can locate them through proprioception at any time, no matter what the vehicle is doing -- with no mental trigonometry required. I can, and have, learned lots of different control...

Let's think about this from an information-theory perspective. If FSD ever lives up to the hype, it will have the information necessary to trigger the turn signals, because it will understand the path the car intends to take. While this remains a theoretical future, the AI has the information...

As far as I know, no Tesla will automatically turn on the turn signals. My guess is that the smart turn signal cancellation AI they've developed will is supposed to grow to the point where full turn signal control is possible, but the state of thesmart turn signal cancellation feature is still...

The pickup market has many niches.

I would wait for a Tesla Cybervan. A Van/SUV with Cafe Seating and a Starlink dish would make a fanfuckingtastic air conditined mobile office, especially if it can tow my travel trailer too.

The F150 is a multi-niche vehicle. Maybe even uni-niche vehicle. All of these little nitches add up to one enormous market segment. That's why compatibility with the F150 aftermarket is such a competitive advantage for Ford, and Ford know it. The Cybertruck is about the only possible way to...

This is what I want to see! TDD is harder with hardware, so let's hope they got it right the first time!

Ouch, that one slices both ways. F150 Lightning.

This is not a PEBKAC problem. Activating the wipers isn't the problem. These problems interact: Enabling cruise control ("autopilot") enables auto-wipers. Auto wipers always seem to be enabled. Getting the auto-wipers to stop in situations where running the wipers generates self-inflicted...

As a Tesla owner, I'm familiar with this argument - but I don't believe it. I've rented FSD for a month in my car and I found it to have a long way to go. It's been nearly a year and the windshield wipers still react incorrectly to self-induced streaks. It's been a year and autopilot still...

That's not the question. The question is: why is the new interface better than the standard interface cars have had for most of the last century? One you answer that question, then the question you answered (about adaptation) becomes relevant. I'm adaptable. What I'm not convinced of is that...

If I remember automotive lore correctly, push button shifters were considered problematic because they were error-prone. I haven't driven a stalkless Tesla yet, but this could be a dealbreaker for me. (I'll test drive one to be sure before I make any big moves.) my Model Y is missing several...