2024, I didn’t ask the dealership guy what hardware powered it (because I don’t care), I reviewed it here actually: https://fuelarc.com/cars/review-2024-tesla-model-3-long-range-rwd/

I don’t see how it could have gotten much better with a vision-based solution, but who knows? Personally, it wasn’t in the same ballpark as acceptable quality for my use-case. I don’t expect incremental software patches will fix that to my satisfaction.

Again, I’m weird, never been in an accident and I drive a ton, I’m particular about my car not crashing because I used to be on an ambulance crew and treating car-crash victims really takes the shine off your apple.

Poor anticipation of turns and poor trailing distance. Didn’t spot many other vehicles on the road, too, that’s ultimately what made me pull the plug.

Naw that’s pretty standard today, too! I’m in a 2021 Toyota Tacoma, that thing is bomb proof, I could spray a firehose in the main cabin and the worse damage I would do is, IDK, maybe shorting out the cabin light?

Love ya, thanks for letting us know

Interestingly, it appears to drift in the videos - unclear if while it is powered on if it exceeds the depth rating. I lean towards no? I can’t find any extended section of the video where it is either foundering or floating while in motion.

It 100% exceeds the depth rating later (like in your screencap), but it’s floating or sliding into deeper water after being bricked.

Pressurizes battery compartment, lifts the suspension to maximum height, and triggers a few off-road adjacent drive train features IIRC

Well, that’s what the manual says, but this Cybertruck’s battery pack was about as pressurized as a submarine with screen doors, so your mileage will DEFINITELY vary

😂 Some of the time, the jokes are hard to shoehorn into the articles. This time? The jokes practically wrote themselves

This got me thinking, you’re right, how can it be a boat if it can’t float?

Turns out, everything is bigger in Texas, including the legal definition of what constitutes a boat.

Is it motorized, above 14 feet in length, and afloat, docked, or stored on Texas waters? Then it’s a boat that needs to be registered, fam.

Digging a hole with his tires?

what’s the difference between a 200 pound average male passenger and a 2026 Cybertruck RWD at 6,117 pound curb weight?

It’s mostly in your head, I feel like.

Boonhet is correct on this. The rescue vehicle getting a running start, that works and does not damage the vehicle when done correctly (it’s slower than you might think).

You can watch a Youtube video if you want to see it done correctly, but the straps designed for the purpose are cheap, I’ve got one in my Tacoma just in case.

Even on non-lethal accidents, Waymo generates something like 12x fewer.

I think that tech will be the automotive equivalent of the polio vaccine. Dying in road accidents will become akin to dying of rabies, a freak accident of extreme rarity. Probably, so will driving cars with no autonomous capabilities.

I’m glad for you!

Personally, I tried it. Wasn’t my cup of tea, bad safety margins (it doesn’t drive how I drive, and I am particular). There’s a consumer for that product, though. So long as you watch it closely, I certainly don’t mind, glad it suits you.

It’s me. And yes, I’m bad at math, guilty as charged. I tend to make pretty simple points.

But, yes, when a publicly traded company promises exponential growth on their earnings calls, and then delivers double-digit unit delivery a year later, I do tend to point and laugh. All of that is accurate.

“Fiverr-guy Supervised” didn’t have the same ring to it

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Figured I could trust you to find the link that says “WROTE A TUTORIAL.”

Linux, but you can run Android apps once you root it :)

It’s an excessively involved process at the moment, this individual managed it by using a common malware method, he imitated a legitimate OTA update but rewrote it to root the system. He was basically his own supply-chain-attacker: https://hackaday.com/2022/07/18/hacker-liberates-hyundai-head-unit-writes-custom-apps/

Didn’t realize folks would want a proof-of-concept of HOW it was done.

If you want a proof-of-concept, like steps for how to do the thing, that’s here: https://hackaday.com/2022/07/18/hacker-liberates-hyundai-head-unit-writes-custom-apps/

(This is the spirit of the post: Doom is a fun and silly demonstration of the software being hackable.)

Per the Cybertruck warranty:

"This New Vehicle Limited Warranty does not cover any vehicle damage or malfunction directly or indirectly caused by, due to, or resulting from…

… The environment or an act of God, including, but not limited to, exposure to sunlight, airborne chemicals, tree sap, animal or insect droppings, … water, contamination, lightning and other environmental conditions"

So, if you get all bricked up in the car wash, you’re now the proud owner of a $100,000 rust brick.

I have a Chevrolet Volt, same EXACT situation.

Back hatch doesn’t unlock without power. So I got to contort my stupid ass over the back seats to get back there. Then you pull up the back bottom floor thingie, but god have mercy on your soul, it’s impossible to do because there’s no where else to put your body.

So yeah it was this whole Cirque Du Soleil act back there just to swap the battery.