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Insane or Plaid strives to keep the Battery within an optimal temperature range. In addition to heating the Battery, these settings also cool the Battery when necessary (for example, while driving at high speeds, during rapid acceleration, driving for long periods, etc.).
You can improve the efficiency of the cabin heating by reducing your selected acceleration mode. This allows the heat pump system to take more heat from the Battery to efficiently heat the cabin, instead of maintaining the Battery's ability to provide peak acceleration performance. This helps to maximize driving efficiency in colder weather. Note that when subsequently increasing the acceleration mode, the Battery requires time to warm up before the increased level of acceleration is available.
Insane or Plaid strives to keep the Battery within an optimal temperature range. In addition to heating the Battery, these settings also cool the Battery when necessary (for example, while driving at high speeds, during rapid acceleration, driving for long periods, etc.).
You can improve the efficiency of the cabin heating by reducing your selected acceleration mode. This allows the heat pump system to take more heat from the Battery to efficiently heat the cabin, instead of maintaining the Battery's ability to provide peak acceleration performance. This helps to maximize driving efficiency in colder weather. Note that when subsequently increasing the acceleration mode, the Battery requires time to warm up before the increased level of acceleration is available.
Excellent point 👍
On a car such as a Plaid that has a decent range, battery efficiency is the last thing I'd be concerned with.
Each to his own though as battery efficiency is definitely something that is very important in the grand scheme of things especially with an EV.
Due to a project I'm working on, I've been going to the office early, and I've been using FSD a lot. This morning it was raining, so I wanted to see how well it did, and it handled the rain perfectly
It kept the car at safe speeds, and would slow itself when other cars were around it. At one point a Lexus LS400 was merging left from a freeway on ramp lane and hit a body of water and began to slightly hydroplane, and my Model 3 made sure to safely move to the left. So it seems so far to be able to handle bad weather conditions
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Due to a project I'm working on, I've been going to the office early, and I've been using FSD a lot. This morning it was raining, so I wanted to see how well it did, and it handled the rain perfectly
It kept the car at safe speeds, and would slow itself when other cars were around it. At one point a Lexus LS400 was merging left from a freeway on ramp lane and hit a body of water and began to slightly hydroplane, and my Model 3 made sure to safely move to the left. So it seems so far to be able to handle bad weather conditions
Have you experienced it slamming on the brakes coming up on an intersection although you have the green light? It happened to me a few times last time I used FSD last year and I learned to just take over whenever approaching an intersection and another vehicle(s) was also approaching the intersection but from the intersecting direction if that makes sense.
Have you experienced it slamming on the brakes coming up on an intersection although you have the green light? It happened to me a few times last time I used FSD last year and I learned to just take over whenever approaching an intersection and another vehicle(s) was also approaching the intersection but from the intersecting direction if that makes sense.
No, it's not even the same FSD as you used last year, it's been updated several times just this year. Also, if you didn't have HW v4, you would still be on FSD v12
No, it's not even the same FSD as you used last year, it's been updated several times just this year. Also, if you didn't have HW v4, you would still be on FSD v12
Oh cool. It was my brother first time being in a Tesla and he insisted of us using FSD for the week we had the model 3. He was that impressed with it. My friend who has I believe a 40 min commute to work said he uses it everyday.
Oh cool. It was my brother first time being in a Tesla and he insisted of us using FSD for the week we had the model 3. He was that impressed with it. My friend who has I believe a 40 min commute to work said he uses it everyday.
I'm using it daily for my commute, this month I'm going into the office extra early, I'm tired and I just let Elon drive me . Seriously though, it works really well now, and makes almost no mistakes. The one time I do take over is going into a left turn if the left turn lane is backed up, because it won't get behind the last car if the back up is further than the left lane entrance, if that makes sense. Instead, it will head to where the left lane begins and wait it's turn to get into the left lane, which is fine, but than you lose a bunch of time waiting. The other time I take over is when I want to be a red light bully...Elon is just way too nice 🤣
I'm using it daily for my commute, this month I'm going into the office extra early, I'm tired and I just let Elon drive me . Seriously though, it works really well now, and makes almost no mistakes. The one time I do take over is going into a left turn if the left turn lane is backed up, because it won't get behind the last car if the back up is further than the left lane entrance, if that makes sense. Instead, it will head to where the left lane begins and wait it's turn to get into the left lane, which is fine, but than you lose a bunch of time waiting. The other time I take over is when I want to be a red light bully...Elon is just way too nice 🤣
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We actually thought with FSD enabled, it accelerated pretty aggressively leaving red lights, definitely faster than I would’ve. I guess I grandpa it leaving red lights. 🫣😆
We actually thought with FSD enabled, it accelerated pretty aggressively leaving red lights, definitely faster than I would’ve. I guess I grandpa it leaving red lights. 🫣😆
We actually thought with FSD enabled, it accelerated pretty aggressively leaving red lights, definitely faster than I would’ve. I guess I grandpa it leaving red lights. 🫣😆
That was one of my complaints about it. Even in my neighborhood, which just dropped the speed limit to 20 mph, it accelerated hard. And it never picked up the speed limit signs, so it turns in the neighborhood off a 45 mph road and continues to accelerate pretty hard back to 45, even though there is clearly a sign saying 20 mph. Reported it a bunch of times, but it never changed..
That was one of my complaints about it. Even in my neighborhood, which just dropped the speed limit to 20 mph, it accelerated hard. And it never picked up the speed limit signs, so it turns in the neighborhood off a 45 mph road and continues to accelerate pretty hard back to 45, even though there is clearly a sign saying 20 mph. Reported it a bunch of times, but it never changed..
For me it's not aggressive enough once I get off the freeway, people are in a rush to get to the office and get annoyed if it's following the posted speed limit. I believe you have a 2022, so you are still on HW v3 and FSD 12x. 13x is much better, way smarter, and pretty much drives natural. It's pretty awesome on the freeway, and other than a few things here and there, does a great job on regular roads. It's now my brother in laws full-time chauffeur
does tesla offer an option to upgrade from hw3 to hw4 or would it not be feasible (more than a computer module swap for example)?
If you bought FSD, Tesla will replace all your cameras and FSD computer at no cost. But only if you bought it. Other than that, there is no other way except moving to HW v4. That I know of at least
. Seriously though, it works really well now, and makes almost no mistakes. The one time I do take over is going into a left turn if the left turn lane is backed up, because it won't get behind the last car if the back up is further than the left lane entrance, if that makes sense. Instead, it will head to where the left lane begins and wait it's turn to get into the left lane, which is fine, but than you lose a bunch of time waiting. The other time I take over is when I want to be a red light bully...Elon is just way too nice 🤣
