First look at Tesla’s Sentry Mode HAL 9000 ‘Space Odyssey’ Easter Egg

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 14, 2019 A photograph from a Model 3 owner has given a brief, first look at Tesla’s recently-released Sentry Mode. As it turns out, Tesla’s newest security feature contains one very appropriate and cool Easter Egg when it gets activated — the domineering crimson “eye” of HAL 9000 from …

Tesla makes Enhanced Autopilot standard for Model 3 in China

By Simon Alvarez Posted on February 8, 2019 In what appears to be a rather assertive tactic to push the Model 3 en masse to Chinese customers, Tesla has opted to offer Enhanced Autopilot as standard for the electric sedan. As could be seen in Tesla’s order pages for China, the offer appears to be …

Elon Musk shares insights on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving and Advanced Summon development

By Simon Alvarez Posted on January 31, 2019 During Tesla’s recently held Q4 2018 earnings call, Elon Musk provided some insights on the company’s upcoming Full Self-Driving features, including improvements to Navigate on Autopilot and the highly-anticipated Advanced Summon update. If Musk’s words are any indication, it appears that 2019 might be the year when …