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The goal of this channel is to have informed discussions about how Tesla vehicles and their associated software suites perform in various scenarios. Each episode we plan to either educate the audience about data collected from our vehicles or discuss a topic with a guest or two.

01/26/2021

Episode 8 - Chat with Carina and Lasse from Norway

A chat with Carina and Lasse from Norway In this episode, Nash from Tesla in the Gong and I are joined by our Guests: Carina and Lasse to discuss Tesla's growth in Norway.
01/01/2021

Episode 7 - Chat with Tyler Corsair from Teslascope

In this episode, Nash from Tesla in the Gong and I are joined by our Guest: Tyler Corsair to discuss Teslascope which is a data logger that allows you to monitor all aspects of your Tesla and extract insights from the data.
12/26/2020

Episode 6 - 2020 Tesla Autopilot and FSD Beta in review

In this episode we talk about the various V10 and FSD Beta features with all our guests from previous episodes.
12/12/2020

Episode 5 - Tesla in Sweden and the Rest of Europe

In this episode, Nash from Tesla in the Gong, myself and Franklin are joined by Tom Sjötun - President of the Tesla Owners Club of West Sweden to discuss Tesla in Sweden in particular and Europe in General. We talk about the following topics 1 - The Tesla Ownership Experience 2 - The Competition in the EU for EVs 3 - Charging costs and Infra 4 - Adoption Rate 5 - Taxes, Exemptions and Incentives6 - Tesla Autopilot differences in different markets
11/27/2020

Episode 4 - FSD Beta 5

FSD Beta 5 In this episode, Nash from Tesla in the Gong and I are joined by our Guests: Brandon, Kosta and Franklin to discuss the Full Self Driving Beta 5. —————————————————————————————Timeline0:00 - Intro12:18 - Diverging Diamond and Melbourne Hook Turn17:11 - Left turn21:37 - Kangaroos!23:49 - Any features that need work? Lane centering32:20 - Highways and lanes splitting and four leaf clovers36:40 - Vision and Map Data dependence43:00 - Smart Summon46:04 - Speed limit signs on back of moving vehicles, speed limit signs and stop signs55:27 - No rights on red and yellow lights 57:30 - Phantom Braking and map data1:03:14 - Learning at the edge and NN training1:12:40 - Detection of turn signals1:15:33 - Stopping in case of emergency1:16:20 - Stopping abruptly from high speed in case of a traffic jam1:18:30 - Medical events and safeguards1:20:45 - Obstacle aware acceleration1:22:26 - Tight garages and blind spots1:27:20 - Repeater camera feeds and future facing hardware1:31:52 - FSD beta, testing visibility and feedback1:35:30 - Accuracy of the Boxes in the UI1:37:43 - Canada FSDBeta when?1:45:08 - FSD on narrower roads like the UK and Middle East1:48:40 - Manual override and ADAS1:51:55 - Brandon and Kosta’s Hand Sanitizers, their story and Outro —————————————————————————————
11/15/2020

Episode 3 - FSD Beta Part Deux

We unpack the experience that K10 has had in a Tesla Model 3 with the Full Self Driving Beta software and dive deep into the specifics of how this software release compares to the previous release of the FSD Beta software that @codingmark had experienced in a Tesla Model X that we had covered in the previous episode. —————————————————————————————Timeline0:00 - Intro4:08 - An introduction to our Tesla Vehicles10:46 - The plan for the episode11:40 - FSD Beta UI/UX18:45 - FSD Beta in a Residential area, downtown, roundabouts and hilly terrain, bikers, pedestrians31:19 - Highways, Off Ramps, On ramps, turns such as U bend and Hairpin, Complex Intersections and discussion on different driver modes while in FSD46:43 - School Zones, Time Sensitive Zones, Quick Starlink Beta Discussion, Ramp Meters, Emergency vehicles, Rain56:00 - FSD Beta and Smart Summon1:00:27 - FSD Beta and Canada on a Scale of 1 to 1001:06:34 - Outro
11/09/2020

Episode 2 - Autopilot and Tesla FSD Beta

In this episode, Nash from Tesla in the Gong and I are joined by our Guests: Mark @codingmark and Glen @glenmah to discuss the Full Self Driving Beta. We unpack the experience that @codingmark has had in a Tesla Model X with the Full Self Driving Beta software in California and dive deep into the specifics of how this software release compares to the present Full Self Driving Package Autopilot software suite that the rest of the Tesla Owner community has experienced. Timeline0:00 - Intro5:08 - An introduction to our Tesla Vehicles15:08 - Autopilot in 2019 16:05 - 3 Sections of the FSD Beta Breakdown16:21 - Section 1: FSD Beta in a Residential area18:08 - Section 2 : FSD Beta transitions from Residential to Downtown19:40 - An Area of improvement : Older Downtown areas20:13 - FSD Beta and Roundabouts21:42 - FSD Beta and Hilly Terrain23:32 - Is the FSD Beta tentative?24:42 - FSD Beta Real time decision making - Construction Zones26:33 - Melbourne Hook Turn28:03 - Diverging Diamond Interchange30:03 - Autopilot Rewrite?30:34 - 4D Autopilot Time Element? Memory?33:53 - Color Scheme in the FSD Beta UI35:09 - Tolerance level for the gap when travelling parallel to another car40:03 - FSD Beta and Smart Summon42:32 - Back Seat Summon: Shout out to Mark the BackseatBaller43:14 - FSD Beta and Phantom Braking47:45 - FSD Beta and Single Lane diverging outwards - Edge Case Discussion51:50 - FSD Beta and slowing down for Off Ramps53:25 - FSD Beta and 4-Way Stop Signs55:12 - FSD Beta and Preemptive Signals (flashing yellows)57:13 - Urban Autopilot Challenges: Shout out to Tesla Tom and Teslastraya58:16 - FSD Beta and School Zones/Playground Zones1:02:23 - FSD Beta and Vision Dependence discussion1:03:52 - FSD Beta stopping smoothness at a Red Light1:06:53 - FSD Beta in Canada? Ice and snow discussion: Shout out to @tesla_yeg1:10:43 - FSD Beta and Speed Limit signs on moving vehicles (back of school bus)1:14:06 - FSD Beta and Ludicrous Mode? Maybe Mad Max FSD beta Mode?1:14:58 - FSD Beta and Supercharger Navigation? What does the vehicle do?1:16:03 - FSD Beta and Wiper Improvements?1:18:05 - FSD Beta Hoon Mode - Driving Recklessly1:19:12 - FSD Beta and AQI UI display changes if any?1:19:39 - FSD Beta and Regenerative Braking1:19:53 - FSD Beta and Voice Commands1:20:12 - FSD Beta and the data funnel1:21:32 - FSD Beta and Out of Order Supercharger Stalls1:25:24 - Nash's Tesla Model 3 and the User Experience1:27:25 - FSD Beta and Cabin Camera1:29:18 - FSD Beta and Passenger Face Vent1:29:26 - FSD Beta and Dynamic Brake Lights?1:30:50 - FSD Beta and Driving Visualization improvements1:31:32 - FSD Beta and Speed Assist Improvements1:33:50 - Improved Efficiency1:34:17 - Questions from Chat and Twitter1:39:45 - Outro
11/09/2020

Episode 1 - Tesla Battery Degradation

Nash from Tesla in the Gong @TeslaGong and Kaushik @kkvr2823 discuss the various elements of battery Degradation as observed in the data from Kaushik's previous 2019 Model 3 SR+ and current 2020 Model Y. We discuss the data obtained from the Model 3 and Model Y comprehensively and how battery degradation is affected by temperature and we break it down by 3 month chunks to encapsulate the seasonal variations. Finally we compare the Model 3 and the Model Y in the first three months of ownership.

8 Episodes

The goal of this channel is to have informed discussions about how Tesla vehicles and their associated software suites perform in various scenarios. Each episode we plan to either educate the audience about data collected from our vehicles or discuss a topic with a guest or two.

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ByteofWhy
Years Active

2020 - 2021
Episodes

8
Rating

Clean
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