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22 Oct, 9 tweets, 3 min read
(Not to distract too much from the FSD limited rollout too much)
Some people believe nowadays Tesla only lets me see things they want me to see. Let's assume this is true and so this is an authorized information disbursement.

99% based on information Tesla let me see.
All the Model3 refresh stuff: new interior (including the top console that nobody noted somehow), heated steering wheel, efficiency package M3 2021 and M3 SR+ 2020Q4 Shanghai (this one is believed to be LiFe batteries?), heated radar, usb-c in glove box, powered liftgate
new wheels (18" pinwheels with updated caps, 19" stiletto, 20" uberturbine, 19" ZeroG), option of chrome delete ("satin black"). Head/taillights get a new type "Global" in addition to NA and CN_EU. Native wireless phone charger.
ModelY gets the 3rd row "flat fold". It also got HEPA filter and corresponding biohazard mode - this apparently is not planned for model3 at this time. Standard/Adaptive air suspension made reappearance on 3/Y so it's also certainly in the works.
On the more surprising front: the sensor types were extended. First there's new ultrasonics type Tesla - so they apparently go in-house with the new ones trying to address shortcomings of the existing ones? The other sensor that got options is radar
Reportedly Tesla has been working on in-house radar sensors for a long time trying to meet Elon's push for "higher resolution, 2x longer range". Big radar vendors long product cycle times certainly did not help either so there's nothing to buy from them ATM.
Anyway the in-house radar efforts appear to either be failing or too far behind the schedule/goals so Tesla apparently decided to buy a solution from an outside vendor again and their product certainly seems to be ticking all the requirement checkboxes.
The vendor appears to be Arbe Robotix and their website has a bunch of material that many of you would find resembling output of a sensor that Tesla cannot include due to perceived loss of face. arberobotics.com/product/
As is customary - I don't know WHEN it'll come, but given on timing of the already released stuff - perhaps quite soon?
Otherwise why show it to me, right?

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20 Sep
A financial diversion for this Sunday. In the EAP comments many highlighted how "showing profit" is important for "S&P inclusion".
Now I am not a financial person and don't even play one on TV so I asked them how is the S&P inclusion important and got answers that don't add up
hopefully some actually smart and financially smart people can explain to me all of this?
namely Why S&P inclusion is important and good for both Tesla and shareholders.

I'll start with what I learned so far and what I think the holes in the logic are

In no particular order:
1. "It will create a short squeeze"
Now what good is out of it other than a momentary stock run up and then fall back to Earth? In fact would it even run up? unlike the much touted VW example, S&P inclusion does not mean the stock is going private (= forced liquidation of shorts)
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11 Sep
So apparently H in TESLA stands for Honesty and I is for Integrity.

I got a "lease balance" bill on June 13th that amongst other things billed me $1064 for excess mileage, $1200 for "excess wear and tear", $395 disposition fee, some taxes and so on (don't have a picture handy)
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As more and more people have their premium connectivity trial expiring, I keep getting this question about how to make hotspots more tolerable and make wifi stay on even as you shift into gear.

What many don't know is in the past there was a special "tether" flag on a wifi AP,
It would be set on any AP that you would "forcefully" connect to after shifting into gear and then enabling wifi.
Wifi would stay on if connected to such AP

Then it all stopped working sparking theories from people that knew about it if it was deliberate.

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11 Apr
I got some flack last time for how my typical highway speeds are wrong to measure Tesla energy consumption.
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20 Feb
As I have a bit of DM explosion lately about possibility of various major changes coming out of Tesla soon, here's the general take for everybody interested to consult:
TLDR, something major is brewing ,but I don't know when.

1. back in 2019 they suddenly froze their releases
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now it starts to look like they'll freeze on 2020.4
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20 Dec 19
So it's end of the year, time to cheer, right? So let's go onto a wild speculation trail should we?
Remember, this is all unconfirmed speculation. I'll try to provide some other background where necessary as we go.

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