We need to stop killing people twice every year for “War Time“ It doesn’t work, if you want more daylight wake up earlier or stay up later. We could probably also stand to lose a few time zones but that’s an argument for another day that is also based on the fact that the world is so interconnected and electric lights aren’t going anywhere.

There was actually more to say but as a few former coworkers know I am pretty passionate about ending the clock diddling

Videos since I last checked in:

Luna Spends a day with Maryland Tesla Club at Leonardtown Wharf

My wife Luna and I went to a Meeting of the Maryland Tesla Club called Southern Maryland Tesla Takeover where we all met outdoors and kept our distance on this beautiful day. While I was goofing around with the 8K 360 camera Luna went on a stroll with the 5.7K 360 camera, and apparently almost dropped it. She's speaking a mix of Thai and US English while she livestreamed on her phone.

Teslaquila Unboxing - Tesla Tequila

We ordered Tesla's Tequila November 6th, It arrived on February 10th, This Tesla Alcohol product aka Teslaquila gets unboxed! Elon Musk initially had Teslaquila as an April Fool's joke where he pretended Tesla went bankwupt and he relabeled a bottle as Teslaquila. We were extremely excited to see both that the product was real so we ordered it on the spot, I wish we had ordered two bottles. We enjoyed this Teslaquila unboxing and can't wait to see what the next limited-edition Tesla, SpaceX, Boring Company, or other Musk company product is.

Tesla Smart Summon as seen from inside Model X P100D

Using Tesla Smart Summon in a parking lot, as seen from inside the car. I used Tesla Smart Summon's Come to me feature to call the car over to me from across the parking lot, with my phone. The car did a fine job even though it arrived on the wrong side of the road.

Tesla Software Update 2021.4.11 - Deep Dive

This bug fix update to the 2020 Tesla Holiday Update bears version number 2021.4.11 and contains a few changes not listed in the release notes. Acceleration off stoplights and following a lead car varies from leisurely to adequate. Stoplight control beta performance with flashing yellow lights is poor. Navigate on autopilot is back to another good release both in steering performance and the way that it plots a course. We try Navigate on Autopilot with compound onramps and off-ramps as well as with compound exits and entrances. This time autosteer is adequate with curves handling them fairly smoothly with little uncertainty, the same goes for the slight turn it used to dramatically exaggerate as if it were a tight turn merging onto I-95 North from Woodbridge it is now slightly exaggerated. Autosteer still veers immediately when the lane grows wider. The interference with trucks I saw a few Deep-Dive videos ago remains gone at all speeds. The vehicle did not play chicken on any lane changes. We try Smart Summon to target and then we use Smart Summon's Come to Me feature a few times. We also play a round of Tesla Puppy in an empty office park. This deep-dive saw no surprises that we noticed versus other 2021 updates including 2021.4.6. We did hear of a few owners complaining that their greenlight chime disappeared after this update and for some it came back the next day others it did not come back, ours was ready to go from our first traffic light. There were no visible signs of Holiday Update part 2.

It chased me! - Smart Summon

While filming our testing of Tesla Software update 2021.4.11 I had my car chase me around an empty office park, like a puppy. This is very similar to hide and seek or tag. The car can travel up to about 6 miles per hour while being Smart Summoned and you can check the progress in the app, currently, while Smart Summon is active you are expected to keep an eye on the car in case it gets into trouble, much like a real puppy. Eventually, the car will "reverse summon" or Smart Autopark where it will drop you off at the door and use its cameras to read signs and all of its sensors to find valid parking spots. Right now Tesla Smart Summon is useful in a handful of scenarios such as assisting disabled drivers, getting the car out of a tightly squeezed parking spot, traversing mud/snow/puddles so you don't get your feet wet. Less common uses are calling the car away from ambush able spots like near a hedge or a streetlight that has gone out, or if someone has stuck a lure to your windshield/windshield wipers. This Tesla Summon parking lot experience was quite a blast!

Smart Summon - Tesla update 2021.4.11

While filming our testing of Tesla Software update 2021.4.11 I had my car chase me around an empty office park, like it was playing hide and seek or tag. The car can travel up to about 6 miles per hour while being Smart Summoned and you can check the progress in the app, currently, while Smart Summon is active you are expected to keep an eye on the car in case it gets into trouble, much like a real puppy. Eventually, the car will "reverse summon" or Smart Autopark where it will drop you off at the door and use its cameras to read signs and all of its sensors to find valid parking spots. Right now Tesla Smart Summon is useful in a handful of scenarios such as assisting disabled drivers, getting the car out of a tightly squeezed parking spot, traversing mud/snow/puddles so you don't get your feet wet. Less common uses are calling the car away from ambush able spots like near a hedge or a streetlight that has gone out, or if someone has stuck a lure to your windshield/windshield wipers. This Tesla Summon parking lot experience was quite a blast!

Smart Summon navigates unmarked bend

While filming our testing of Tesla Software update 2021.4.11 I had my car try to find me around a dark unmarked corner, it navigated it slowly but confidently this one was an interesting one to watch. The car can travel up to about 6 miles per hour while being Smart Summoned and you can check the progress in the app, currently, while Smart Summon is active you are expected to keep an eye on the car in case it gets into trouble, much like a real puppy. Eventually, the car will "reverse summon" or Smart Autopark where it will drop you off at the door and use its cameras to read signs and all of its sensors to find valid parking spots. Right now Tesla Smart Summon is useful in a handful of scenarios such as assisting disabled drivers, getting the car out of a tightly squeezed parking spot, traversing mud/snow/puddles so you don't get your feet wet. Less common uses are calling the car away from ambush able spots like near a hedge or a streetlight that has gone out, or if someone has stuck a lure to your windshield/windshield wipers. This Tesla Summon parking lot experience was quite a blast!

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Kacey