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Former liberal, dad, husband & nerd. Asker of serious questions. 🇺🇸 MAGA

[dj @theXliberal]

America first.

[Ragnar @RoaringRagnar]

Here‘s the full Economist interview of Elon Musk (84 minutes).

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@elonmusk @emilyjuniper_ The humanity! **clutches pearls**

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Yup

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@JonBbC_TechGeek Are you noticing improvement in the overall hesitation? My drive into work today was better overall with hesitation than my drive home yesterday.

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@BLKMDL3 Okay serious question — is it improving as we use it? My drive into work today was vastly better than my drive home yesterday.

Hoping they address the hesitation though, I missed several opportunities to turn yesterday because of the delay.

[TechGeek Tesla 🔋⚡️ @JonBbC_TechGeek]

FSD streaks happen at 100 miles, 250 miles, 500 miles, 1,000 miles, and 5,000 miles. To qualify for a streak, you can't disengage FSD at all. You can step on the accelerator at any time, but you cannot step on the brake pedal or jerk the steering wheel out of FSD mode.

The following things can be done to maintain an FSD streak if you're really determined to get one, but don't want to drive like an idiot and/or embarrass yourself in certain situations.

Keep mind, I didn't create the rules for FSD streaks. Tesla created these rules. There's no harm in following these little tricks since it's what Tesla created. In some cases, it's worth it, just to have a little fun, because the confetti is really cool to see. (see video below).

End of Drive
If you want to drive the car manually to get into a parking garage, go through a ticket gate, cross the border between USA and Canada, for example, or any other situation when you get close to your destination, just wait for the car to arrive at a stop sign or a red traffic light and when the car reaches 0 speed, put it in 'Park'. Then drive it manually for the last portion.

Beginning of Drive
If you have a tricky section immediately when you start driving (backing out of a driveway onto a very busy road, exiting a complicated alley, etc.), just drive manually for the first portion. You can turn on FSD at any time once you're in a good spot (ie - highway or known roads)

Middle of Drive
If the sun glare creates a 'red steering wheel' display and the car starts beeping loudly at you to take over immediately, don't worry. Your streak is not gone. You can safely drive manually, pull over to the side of the road, put the car in park, and then start driving again. The streak will be maintained. Also, if you take off your seatbelt, it doesn't ruin the streak. Another thing: even if you get a strike (example, you don't pay attention to the road at all and the car starts beeping loudly at you and the hazards go on), you can just pull over to the side of the road, put the car in 'Park', and then continue driving without ruining the streak.

Any other time
Contact @DavidMoss via DM - he knows exactly what to do so you don't ruin your streak. David is the streak master.

Trick if you Accidentally Screw Up
If you accidentally disengage by stepping on the brake pedal or jerking the steering wheel, don't put the car in 'Park'. While you're still driving, take your seatbelt off. @DirtyTesLa can comment on this one - I haven't tried it because it's too dirty for me. Only dirty people do this one, I think.

In conclusion, yes, streaks are fun, and you can do some work arounds to maintain them if you want. But it's better to not inconvenience yourself too much and I certainly wouldn't ever put yourself or others in an unsafe situation just to maintain a streak. Take over if you need to take over. There's nothing wrong with taking over and breaking a streak.

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@wholemars Mine almost backed into a truck while backing in this afternoon.

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@TheTeslaSignal I am seeing this as well — I got honked at once and missed SEVERAL opportunities to turn left because of the hesitation.

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@elonmusk @HistoryBoutique The 🌎 needs Elon

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@MattWallaceTech Same!

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@_bennettm_ @wholemars Smoother, yes. I feel it’s missing some confidence. I’m hoping they balance that out in a future update.

[Glenn Beck @glennbeck]

President Trump has asked all Americans to call Sen. John Thune's office and ask - RESPECTFULLY - that he gets the SAVE America Act passed. The "respectfully" part was a little hard for me, but I did it.

Now it’s your turn: [phone]

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@KeaganGigaTexas We get this on our HW4 Model 3 in hurry & mad max.

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@koby_pierce @Tesla @LiamsDadTravel @Tesla_AI Congrats! Safe travels back to KY!

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@realKrisCruz I’m looking forward to my commute to work in the morning for a proper test.

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@realKrisCruz I took mine out for a spin in the neighborhood — my early feedback is that FSD 14 Lite is SEVERAL orders of magnitude above previous version of FSD 12.

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@realKrisCruz We’re in the same update wave! Yes!!!!

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My time has finally come…FSD 14 Lite here we come!

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@realKrisCruz My time has come! Now to get home and download after my son’s football practice!

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@TheTeslaSignal Not yet, still waiting