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According to Greentheonly, the latest update 2020.12 is basically the same as 2020.8.1 but it introduces two important changes:
Read more: Twitter
Thank you to everyone who is sharing pics of their cars with us for the community mosaic poster. Quick update on that:
If you already submitted a picture or were in the first mosaic, no need to resend :)
Ian Pavelko and Trevor Page from Tesla Owners Online have finally been able to complete this epic coast-to-coast nonstop road trip across Canada. It took them 73 hours… who said EVs can’t be used in cold weather? Or bad for road trips? This is amazing and will for sure help a lot of people realize EVs are a solid choice and are here to stay. Check out their video sharing the good and the bad of this adventure.
Thank you TesBros- formerly known as TeslaBros- for partnering with us for this one giving away one DIY Chrome Delete Kit (Satin black) to a lucky Model 3, Model S, or Model X owner.
Make sure to check out our pinned tweet to participate! If you’re having doubts about the DIY part, here’s our experience applying the kit to our Model S 👌
P.S. TesBros promo is still going on. Get your kit at half the price! Model 3 | Model S | Model X DIY Chrome Delete Kit.
The first folks who purchased FSD + MCU2 are already sharing their experiences after the retrofit. User zanary on TMC Forum with a Model S P100D (AP2.5 and MCU1 before the upgrade) has shared quite a few very interesting details from his experience, check it out! A few highlights:
Read more: TMC Forum
Great video by Tesla Raj. Tesla started delivering the first Model Ys exactly one year after the unveiling and six months ahead of schedule. The day after it the first Model Y was delivered in Fremont I had the opportunity of seeing it in real life and I have to say the car is gorgeous.
The last software update introduces Bluetooth improvements to detect the driver in the seat and connect to their phone. Well, this is only the beginning since Elon said it will also connect to your driver profile preferences and apply those when the driver seat is detected. This makes more and more sense as the number of households with two or more Teslas increases, assuming this means your diver settings are stored in the cloud and used in different cars. Very cool.
Read more: Twitter
As a Model S owner with power liftgate, I’m really pleased to see the Model Y comes with this feature. Believe it or not, thanks to this video I discovered that I can adjust the height of my powered liftgate 😊. Very cool that you can set the height to anything you like!
Read more: Teslarati
One thing that seems to have gone unnoticed is that the latest update brings two new fields in the ‘Additional Vehicle Information’ section recently introduced:
Read more: Reddit
Uncle Trevor is going to tell us a secret that is going to make the Model Y perform much better in cold weather.
As Tesla fan I find myself sometimes having to remember what are all those acronyms, here is a list of the ones you can find in this issue.
