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5 Apr, 11 tweets, 4 min read
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video must be good for a couple gazillions.
With all the debates about how suitable @Tesla cabin cam for driver monitoring, I will let you form your own opinion.

It does look like "full color" RGB based on the red elements

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I was a bit surprised that in a city at night there's enough environment lighting to make DM seem very workable.
All these videos are full resolution, 36 fps as Tesla uses them.
Simulated distracted driver part 1
Simulated distracted driver part 2
Passenger in all seats and moving around a bit
Looks like there's a visor position that allows the driver to fully hide the face from the cam:
If you needed more I have a 17 minutes of night footage uploaded to youtube:
there definitely are times with no lights when you can see nothing (eg ~40 seconds 10 seconds in).
Seems feasible in emergency to light up the driver with the screen.
And also 24.5 minutes of daylight footage uploaded to youtube:

(there's nothing really interesting there unless you are into driver monitoring, I guess, so I totally won't fault you if you won't watch it)
you can see the eyes of the driver, head positioning and such even if the angle is not super ideal. You cannot see if they are holding a steering wheel or look at a laptop on the console (vs infotainment screen).
Unlike Tesla renders, steering wheel is definitely not in the frame
I think compared to "eyes only" DMs, you definitely can get more useful data out. Can probably even detect drunks.

Interesting how much the mirror blocks the passenger seat. I wonder how easily removable is it?

Also I was wrong about rear window view usefullness it seems.
hopefully with this info now out, there's nothing else standing between us and the cabin-camera powered "webcam"

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6 Mar
With all the brouhaha about Ford Mach-E, I decided to test-drive one.
Local Ford dealer had one in stock even (Ford >> Audi)
I got a salesperson that was first time in the car so we had to use manual a lot (Tesla >> Ford)
Manual depiction of UI does not match the actual UI 🤷‍♂️
The good:
I feel like it's ready to replace model 3/Y If you don't need to ever drive outside the city you live in.
Not as fast as a Tesla but plenty enough for light-to-light hopping.
Has wifi hotspot built-in ($$$)
Bird-eye view that actually works and turns on as you approach
Ford ADAS is on par with Tesla BAP. Better for lane-changes where it lets you to take over without disengagement, but a bit flip-floppy in the lane in turns as if steering angle is severely limited.
10 seconds between steering nags at 80mph

The UI is a bit confusing. "READY"?
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If Tesla was a REAL software company, after you press that "YES" dialog button about "This is beta, blah blah, I understand what I am doing and will keep both pieces if it breaks" setting windows become accessible ImageImage
A lot of settings...
So many settings it's take you several minutes to even read them
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Some seriously cool and very practical information Esp. for the tinkering types.

@Tesla now gives access to repair manuals, service information, vehicle diagnostic (remote in EU) and such.
For free!
I was told it's not a bug.
Seriously step in the right direction!
go to service.tesla.cn and then you create account with country set to China and access level: diagnostic + software.
in second screen fill in some extra details like this:
you'll get to the registration screen in likely your local region that looks like this:

YOU ARE DONE, don't press the register button, press the sign-in and that brings you to the service site with credentials you have created.
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2020.48.5 is rolling out.
Junction mode for improved navigation, but only for China now. Needs new maps.
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Blinking taillight on strong braking on model 3/Y in China.
Text messages improvements. Image
Weird new chargeport cable unlatch S/X button??
QQ music improvements (China)
Trax v0.2
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It also has the new bluetooth firmware for the model X keys, but it's not spelled in release notes on how to update to it visibly.
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Kernel update but no source on github yet
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(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.
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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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