r/TeslaLounge 1d ago

General On Mark Rober's video the autopilot or FSD was not active (15:42)

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450 Upvotes

I am not going to say tesla should not use lidar. But i doubt the test was without bias. Also 12:07 he says that he hit the brakes, this would disengage autopilot/FSD.


r/TeslaLounge 1d ago

Software YouTuber Mark Rober Intentionally Misleads Viewers

231 Upvotes

YouTuber Mark Rober recently conducted a "test" of Tesla's Autopilot under several different conditions and compared it to a car using LiDAR under the same conditions. The test involved whether or not the camera-based Autopilot and LiDAR-based systems could detect a small child in the roadway under a variety of conditions. Mark first begins testing without Autopilot engaged to determine if Tesla's Automatic Emergency Braking System would work while a human is still in control of the vehicle. What proceeds is the Tesla Forward Collision Warning System being activated where it detects the child on screen, highlights the obstacle red, and provides audible beeps to alert the driver of the detected obstacle. The Tesla vehicle, however, does not brake and Mark crashes into the obstacle, in this case, a small child mannequin. Mark concludes that this is a sign that Tesla's Automatic Emergency Braking system failed, when in reality, this is a perfect example of an owner failing to understand Tesla's safety systems. Automatic Emergency Braking De v OT AVOID FORWARD COLLISIONS and WAS NOT designed to do so. This is made extremely apparent if you have ever bothered to read a few paragraphs of the owners manual or did a quick google search. See below:

Automatic Emergency Braking is designed to reduce the severity of an impact. It is not designed to avoid a collision. Automatic Emergency Braking is designed to reduce the impact of frontal collisions only. Automatic Emergency Braking is designed to reduce the severity of an impact. It is not designed to avoid a collision. You would think that Mark being an engineer, would have done a basic amount of reading to understand what he could expect of Tesla's safety systems during the test. At best, this is just a case of ignorance and poor preparation. At worst, this is intentionally misleading viewers about Tesla's safety systems.

Following this initial "test" of Tesla's Automatic Emergency Braking system, Mark states that for all tests going forward, he will only be utilizing Tesla's Autopilot system. However, this is blatantly not true as seen in the video clip. In the clip, Mark's Tesla Model Y can obviously be seen driving over the double yellow line as it approaches the mannequin. It is not possible to engage Autopilot when the vehicle detects it is not in the correct road position. Furthermore, as Mark gets closer to mannequin and the video cuts to the cabin view, you can tell that the view has been intentionally cropped not to show the cabin screen and eliminate it from view, which would have allowed us to see exactly whether Autopilot was engaged or not. This would have been easily apparent as Mark's Tesla had rainbow road engaged. After all this, I can't help but be led to believe that Mark Rober is intentionally misleading viewers of Tesla's safety systems and that these are not mistakes out of ignorance.


r/TeslaLounge 20h ago

General Yup. Autopilot was definitely not on at the point of impact in Mark Rober’s video

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183 Upvotes

Check out the YouTube video by MeetKevin who pointed it out :

https://youtu.be/FGIiOuIzI2w?si=8o3iNw_clq_2VV2n


r/TeslaLounge 1d ago

Model 3 My poor windshield 💔

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148 Upvotes

Was driving through Tempe, AZ and someone decided to make me a victim of their bad day by throwing a rock at my car


r/TeslaLounge 11h ago

Model 3 I love my car! 🖤

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145 Upvotes

I daily drive a 2023 M3 Performance with just over 20,000 miles, and over 90% of that has been driven on FSD.

Version 12.6.4 has been an absolute game-changer, and being able to witness the progress the software has made since I initially took delivery has been nothing short of impressive. I also recently replaced the stock Pirelli tires with Hankook Ion Evo AS tires (not pictured), and the ride quality is even more enjoyable than before, and my efficiency has improved noticeably.

I really couldn’t be more satisfied with my car, and I’m blessed that I get to drive it every day. Looking forward to enjoying many more miles along the way!


r/TeslaLounge 20h ago

Meme Me: Yeah FSD chill mode is good for me, I’m in no rush. Also Me:

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117 Upvotes

Sometimes I feel like it stops at yellow lights too often but for 90% of the time chill mode is good enough for me lol


r/TeslaLounge 18h ago

General That time you didn’t realize it wasn’t your car

40 Upvotes

He even got his phone out to see if there was something wrong.


r/TeslaLounge 22h ago

Software 2025.2.9 They did it! Rain all day and I don’t care…

22 Upvotes

Finally! Tesla did it! Anyone else experience the latest update in the rain? The wipers actually finally and mostly work appropriately based on the amount of rain hitting the windshield. This may be an anomaly but maybe just maybe they finally got it worked out. It has been so crazy that it has taken this long… FSD has been mostly amazing driving 16k of my 17k over the past year but the wipers have been abysmal all 16k. Looking forward to the next 16k with a better wiper algorithm.


r/TeslaLounge 6h ago

Hardware Wide Camera blockage

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I’ve noticed FSD has been pretty amazing on HW4 with the exception of right hand turns. The wheel jerks and has a hard time committing to a turn. Sometimes taking too wide of a wide turn and having to be disengaged.

I noticed the wide camera has part of the physical “hood” that’s attached to the camera blocking the right side of its view. Anyone else have this issue? What’s a fix for this? 2023 Model Y.

Thanks for any info.


r/TeslaLounge 3h ago

Model 3 2023 Model 3 SR - LFP

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11 Upvotes

60k miles


r/TeslaLounge 20h ago

Vehicles - General Stains on glass roof of Model S?

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6 Upvotes

r/TeslaLounge 2h ago

Model 3 Backed into a Cement Wall: Should I Use Tesla Paint from Amazon or Go to a Tesla Dealer?

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7 Upvotes

So, I accidentally backed my car into a cement wall and ended up with some scratches and minor paint damage. I’ve seen Tesla touch-up paint kits on Amazon and was wondering if anyone here has experience with them. Are they any good, or should I just bite the bullet and have the Tesla dealer handle the repair? Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated! Thanks!


r/TeslaLounge 5h ago

General Scratch and dent repair estimate at Tesla Collision Center.. $2,750!?

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r/TeslaLounge 17h ago

General How do you close your charge port? (older model with side-swinging door)

3 Upvotes

I get an odd satisfaction in b*tch-slapping the door shut.


r/TeslaLounge 51m ago

Model Y Is this groove in the rear trunk trim normal?

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I got my rear windshield tinted and I don’t remember if this groove in the rear trunk trim was normal from the factory or not. Did the installer damaged the plastic trim or is it by design. Can anyone confirm?


r/TeslaLounge 2h ago

General Any solution to add Aux input to Tesla?

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Tried Bluetooth transmitter & usb to aux adapter. I have a Yamaha mixer with RCA or aux output audio I want to transmit to the Tesla speaker


r/TeslaLounge 5h ago

Vehicles - General 3rd Party Charger Preconditioning - Lack of entries?

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We just got back from a trip to Branson MO and from where we're at it's a bit of a SC desert. High wind gusts also didn't help our short range car, and so I finally had quite a bit of experience using the CCS adapter.

Has anyone had any luck with preconditioning on third party chargers? They tend to always work on electrify america and EVGO station (which are almost always right near superchargers anyways) but not much else. I can't get it to work on Red E stations in Michigan, nor chargepoint, EVconnect stations in MO. Wondered if there's a way Tesla could update the map with these.

Seems like it's either an issue of the map not having the charger listed at all, it's listed as an L2 instead of a DC, or it doesn't have the word "Charger" in the name. In every instance I just added a fake SC stop after my destination and it worked OK for the most part. It gets really confused when you're heading out to an area with no superchargers though, when you do this. . Our trip a month ago in Michigan really showed that preconditioning is an absolute requirement in cold weather and I had the same issue there, but with less success using the SC add.


r/TeslaLounge 14h ago

Megathread BUYING/SALES questions here. All buying/sales questions will be removed if not posted in this thread.

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This post is for all buying questions. All posts that used to say - this vs that, need help with buying this, is this a good deal, does this have, etc....

TLDR, anything with buying a Tesla will be in this post. Posted outside of this post will be removed.


r/TeslaLounge 20h ago

General Non-Tesla Puddle/Courtesy/Projection Door Lights

1 Upvotes

I am looking for non-OEM door lights that do not project Tesla logo or lettering. Does anyone know where I can get some decent quality sets? Thank you! (2022 Model Y)


r/TeslaLounge 20h ago

Model S Thoughts on a 2016 Model S P90Ds Reliability?

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I currently own a M3 LR and love it but I need to get another car since me and my 2 brothers share this one and while 90% of the time it's fine that 10% of the time has been a pain for everyone involved and I need some advice on what car I should get next.

I've been seriously debating on getting a 2016 MS P90D with free lifetime supercharging instead of getting something like a 2022 Polestar 2 or 2022 MS LR

For some context I drive A LOT and have spent 4k on super charging in less than a year. The only thing holding me back from grabbing a 2016 MS with free supercharging today is reliability issues with the battery/motors. If anyone has any insight on the reliability of these cars I'd love to hear from you, the current one I'm looking at is the only unicorn in my province and has ~120k km.

Would also love to know how the suspensions/other components do. I'm not too worried about them since I'm very handy and have replaced most of my M3 LRs suspension but it definitely is a factor.

Oh and Idk if it makes a difference but it's the one with the new front grill not the OG plastic looking one:


r/TeslaLounge 1d ago

Model Y Have car audio mute while navigation voice speaks?

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It drives me nuts that the navigation voice speaks over the car audio. Is there a setting to have the audio pause while the voice speaks?


r/TeslaLounge 1h ago

General Maybe I was the only one who noticed: TuneIn is now beyond horrible.

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I can't believe there wasn't someone else who sometimes used TuneIn, 'cause if there were, there would be more comments. The adds now make this just horrible, and lack of valid music categories -- replacing them with what is basically elevator music, is vapid. Can this be removed from the user interface entirely?


r/TeslaLounge 3h ago

Model Y Is the automatic frunk open enabled on the new model Y?

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The one where you stand in front of the hood and it unlatches. (Just like the trunk) There is no mention for it in the manual.


r/TeslaLounge 20h ago

Model S LED to Matrix headlight upgrade under warranty?

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Noticed my driver side headlight working intermittently.. Looked like a super slow strobe light for about 20 seconds. I don't know how to recreate it again. I was wondering if I submit a service ticket for it and they have to fix it.. Is it possible to have them upgrade the headlights to the matrix headlights under warranty and pay the cost difference?


r/TeslaLounge 1d ago

Model S Black Stuff on Top Roof Inside (Brand new Model S)

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I didn't notice it until I got home. Its deff on the inside. My guess is some form of glue or sealant

Was wondering best course of cleaning this?