Chad Conrad

Senior Legal Counsel, Alberta Securities Commission. My tweets are my own and may not represent the views of the ASC or staff. Tweets are not legal advice.

[Chad Conrad @ceconrad]

@niccruzpatane @SawyerMerritt Except didn’t SpaceX recently implement restrictions on in-motion Starlink use? (Have to go up to a significantly more expensive plan or something?)

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@onedery @trevortombe I came here to point out that great site; thanks!

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@Bastien_Theron @DriveTeslaca Apparently not? The article talks about a missing airbag as well as something about the bumper that I didn’t quite understand. (Like, the bumper thing sounded more like a testing and certification thing than an actual hardware thing, but that doesn’t make sense in context, so 🤷🏻‍♂️)

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@DJSnM That, and they’re going to replace two engines.

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@BubleQe @MichelleRempel @nenshi Read the statement more carefully. He does not apologize for the interaction or the photo. He does feel badly about the harm the photo caused; I think that’s okay. There appears to be something in that statement for everyone.

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@skripper15 @KurtRathwell @CalgaryPolice Okay, here you go. $1,824.20, and that’s before GST. And this car doesn’t have a heads-up display; those windshields can be even more expensive.

Now, why are you being a jerk about this?

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@skripper15 @KurtRathwell @CalgaryPolice You’re right. Sometimes they are even more.

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@Cmdr_Hadfield Thanks for bringing this excellent @hankgreen video to my attention. This is one of my new favourite things!

It aligns perfectly with a journey that I’ve been on the last couple of years. I don’t want to believe; I want to know.

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@mark_adam @willfleming Hey now, his Tesla isn’t ugly. I just don’t love all the FSD worship I’m seeing.

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@chrisgpt But if you’re going to get that engaged at that point, why not just grab the wheel and do that bit yourself? How does being able to tell it to do it make it twice as useful? Unless you’re thinking forward to full autonomy and use by passengers who don’t have a driver’s license?

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@willfleming @mark_adam Well, maybe it’s just what the algorithm is showing me, but lately I’ve been seeing an awful lot (it feels like over half my X feed?) of overly gushing praise for FSD and how it’s changing the world and saving so many lives, and, well, it really does feel over the top.

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@mark_adam @willfleming I mean, I love my Tesla and I think FSD V14 is amazing, but yes, the cultish promotion is getting to be a bit much for me too. Many years past when autonomy was promised, FSD still requires supervision, and they ask people to pay $100 a month for it, which is outrageous to me.

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@PaulHPowell13 @Teslaconomics YMMV, but it’s worth shopping around. Full coverage (comprehensive, collision, liability, etc.) on my Model 3 is C$2,421 (about U$1,700) per year with Intact Insurance. Middle-aged, good driving and claims records.

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@PaulHPowell13 @Teslaconomics Maybe? The insurance on my Model 3 is pretty inexpensive (considerably less than what someone I know pays for Tesla insurance) and my insurance company doesn’t offer any discounts for FSD that I’m aware of.

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@MintVelour @Teslaconomics I guess I’m a mystery to you. I don’t pay $25 a week to have my Tesla drive me around. I like driving (especially a Tesla!), and when I’m on the highway on long stretches where fatigue and concentration are a factor, the included Autosteer works well. Now make it free/included—🤷🏻‍♂️

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@PaulHPowell13 @Teslaconomics I don’t even think it adds enough value in my HW4 car, because it’s still supervised. Now, if it gets to the point where I can safely and legally take a nap, work on email, etc., while it drives (and somehow all the liability stuff is worked out), then maybe it would be worth it.

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@rstreets01 @Teslaconomics If it were free/included, I’d probably use it more. Because it IS good. But even then I worry generally about the degradation of cognitive skills that AI might cause. Not just driving, but generative AI in the workplace, etc. too.

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@rstreets01 @Teslaconomics So am I a moron if I agree that V14 is amazing but just don’t feel like it’s worth $100 per month to me? It adds a significant amount to the overall cost of operating the car, kind of detracting from the low TCO arguments made for EVs.

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@Teslaconomics But the included Autosteer works well enough for road trips. I’ve had the two long FSD V14 trials and another recent week-long one in a loaner, and I agree that FSD V14 is amazing, but so far I haven’t felt like it’s worth $100 per month, so I have resisted subscribing. 🤷🏻‍♂️