Voice commands are designed to understand natural requests. You can use voice commands to:
• Call a contact.
• Navigate to a location.
• Listen to Internet music.
• Control various aspects of Model 3.
To initiate a voice command, tap the microphone button on the
touchscreen. When you hear the tone, speak your command. As you speak,
the touchscreen displays an interpretation of your command. It also
displays tips to remind you of the type of commands you can speak. When
you finish speaking the command, tap the voice button again or simply
wait.
(This is the way I used Voice Commands until yesterday, but see below.)
Note: Voice commands may be spoken in English or French (Canada).
Note: You can also initiate a voice command by pressing the right scroll button.
• To call a contact on your Bluetooth-connected phone, say “Call” or
“Dial”, followed by the contact’s first and/or last name(s). For
example, “Call Joe” or “Call Joe Smith”.
• To search for, or navigate to, a location, say “Where is”, “Drive
to”, or “Navigate to”, followed by an address, business name, business
category, or landmark. For example, “Where is Stanford University?”,
“Drive to Tesla in Palo Alto”, or “Navigate to Starbucks on Homestead
in Cupertino”. If you have defined a navigation address for your home
or work locations, you can use a voice command to navigate there by
saying "Navigate home" or "Navigate to work".
• To listen to an Internet music service, say “Listen to” or “Play”,
followed by the name of the song, album, artist, or combination. To
improve voice recognition accuracy, provide multiple cues in your
command, such as artist plus song (for example, “Listen to Yellow Brick
Road” or “Play Yellow Brick Road by Elton John”).
• Control various aspects of Model 3 by speaking statements or
commands. For example, "Speed up the wipers", "The screen is too
bright", "Turn on the driver's seat heater", "I'm cold".
Note:
Tesla is continuously improving the ability of Model 3 to recognize
voice commands. To support these ongoing quality improvements, Tesla
captures short voice recordings anonymously. To protect your privacy,
these short recordings are not associated with your personal
information or with your vehicle's identification number. Tesla assures
that it is not possible to search any system for a recording associated
with a specific customer or vehicle.
Any
image with a gray or neon border can be clicked for a larger copy.
Favorite
colors (above left) of those who have signed up for this website, and
names for their Model 3 (above right) of the members at Teslascope.
You might find other interesting Tesla Stats. at
https://teslascope.com/about
Inside The First-Ever Tesla Race Car - Electric GT Series
In
my last report I mentioned Formula E racing. Now there is Tesla
racing of Tesla Model Ss! You've heard a lot about Tesla's being
able to beat all others in drag races, but soon there will be Teslas
racing on road courses competing against other Teslas and other EVs in the
future. Here is the full story:
CLICK HERE for a video explaining this exciting race circuit. The main problem to solve first: Thermal Management
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZcMX4yAMak
Carbon fiber body, 1,000 lbs. interior taken out. Driver impressed with how quiet it runs.
Pikes Peak Tesla S Winner in 2016, Blake Fuller
Tesla S Winner 2016 Pikes Peak (On ice before the race)
No. 3 on dirt track. Pikes Peak is paved.
Blake Fuller won the 2016 Pikes Peak Hill Climb in his P90DL Tesla S (above).
See an interview about how that all happened by "Now You Know" creators, Zak and Jesse.
Click Here
So Blake and Zak, of "Now You Know" on YouTube, want to try the Pikes Peak run again in a Model 3. Their new YouTube Channel, Electric Performance, about the car is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_kaY0JOJ7Q
Development of the Model 3 for Pikes Peak Hill Climb 2020
Model 3 Race Car Build - The Road to Pikes Peak
The full episode where they have the standard red Model 3 wrapped as a race car with spots for contributor's names. Source.
Home page of the Hill Climb set for the last Sunday of August, this year.
http://ppihc.org/fans/
Elon Musk Announced the Tesla Model 3 in 2016.
I always wanted to buy a Tesla, but not until 2016
when the Model 3 was announced at $35,000 was there any hope that I
could afford it. The first edition of any Tesla is always the
expensive model, later they begin to offer less than premium
models.
Elon Musk announces the Model 3 in Q1, 2016.
History of Tesla Motors: 1. Roadster - Low Volume, High Price
2. Model S - Mid Volume, Less-High Price
3. Model X - High Volume, Less-High Price
4. Model 3 - High Volume, Affordable Price
Included in the Model 3 will be: Autopilot Hardware (Model S
and X owners knew what that means.), and Fits 5 Adults Comfortably
Supercharging Capability which means Freedom of Travel
Planned Super and Destination Chargers by end of 2017.
As of this writing there are 16,103 chargers at 1,826 stations and
23,963 Destination chargers at hotels, restaurants, and shopping centers.
At that time 500,000 cars a year were to be built in the Fremont Factory.
In 2016, His first Gigafactory was the world's largest lithium cell producer of the most advanced batteries in the world.
We owned a 1956 Chevy show car and I reasoned that if I could sell it,
that would be a nice down payment on a Model 3. I started trying
to sell the Chevy when they were offering the first editions of the
Model 3, but the sale didn't happen as quickly as I had
hoped.
Sue and I first saw a Model 3 at the Fashion Island Tesla Store
in Newport Beach, California, and decided it was what we wanted.
We then took a test drive at the Brea, California, Tesla store, near
hour home.
In 2018, after registering the Chevy for the Hot August Nights Car show
and driving it and friend, Steve's Model X (above) to the show in Reno,
I had an offer on the Chevy, and put money down and ordered a Model
3. However, that deal fell through and I canceled the
order.
Eventually, in 2020, the Chevy sold and I put down my order for a Model
3, again. This 2020 deal was for less money than my 2018 deal,
since they dropped the price at the end of the quarter and they were
selling more than the Premium model.
INSIDEEVS Tesla Car Comparison
Any
image with a gray or neon border can be clicked for a larger copy.
Above is the answer to, "Why didn't you buy a "Y"? Our Model 3 is on the far left.
Other EV and hybrid Comparisons at INSIDEEVs website.
Third-Party Tesla 3 Evaluation and Comparison
Tesla 3 owners have already done the
research and decided it was the best EV on the market for the best
price. However, if you want to give someone considering an EV a
place to go for a comparison website with independent evaluation, send
them to Plug in Cars 2018 comparison site: https://www.plugincars.com/cars?sort_by=field_msrp_value&sort_order=ASC&field_isphev_value_many_to_one=pure+electric
I like the option to select only Battery EV, since I am not interested in Plug-in Hybrids, and SORT in many ways.
In all cases, I am interested in taking our EV on a long trip and know
that no manufacturer except Tesla has a 1,400+ network of
Superchargers. So are we talking in all other cases, not ever
taking your EV on a long trip of 1,000 or more miles?
On the Model 3 page (shown above), click "Full Review" (https://www.plugincars.com/pictures-tesla-model-3.html)
Perhaps the most futuristic interior of any
EVs (or proposed EVs) is the Bryton M-Byte with a 4 FOOT wide screen
with screen on the steering wheel and center console for the
passenger.
(https://www.plugincars.com/pictures-and-video-byton-m-byte.html).
Finally, rather than showing research, just say a Tesla is: Easy to drive, no gears, single pedal, quick, good for the environment and cheap. (Maybe not cheap, but with talk of a Model C for $20,000, maybe that is closer to cheap.)
Driving an Electric Car for Maximum Efficiency
Try for over 4 kWh per mile. [I believe the average for Teslas is 4.15 kWh.] Although
written in 2014, perhaps for Prius cars, these tips for obtaining
maximum efficiency in an electric car still apply. I will give some
tips from this article, but for the full article, go to the Source
below.
"Learn
to anticipate stops and slowly coast toward a red light with your foot
off the accelerator pedal [With regenerative braking, feather the pedal
so you stop at the light.]. When taking off from a stop, gently ease
down on the pedal until gradually reaching your desired speed.
Aggressive driving is estimated to reduce efficiency by about 30
percent. On the highway, stay as close as possible to the speed
limit. For every 10 mph of speed over the posted limit, it roughly
costs you 10 percent of efficiency (and therefore range). Employ
more energy regeneration and less friction braking—especially on
downhill stretches. Look up your car's recommended tire pressure
and check regularly with a gauge [or the built in gauge] to ensure the
correct level. A vehicle's fuel economy goes down by about 1 percent
for every 3 pounds of pressure missing from its tires. Pick a
highway route with gentle gradients, minimal intersections, and light
traffic [Not easy to find in suburban Southern California]. Try
getting to a comfortable temperature by using your car's ventilation
system to cool or warm the cabin—rather than blasting the AC or
heat.
Open windows drastically affect the aerodynamic flow of a vehicle,
often decreasing its fuel economy even more than running the air
conditioning. In cold weather, try to rely as much as possible on
heated seats and a heated steering wheel (if available) to warm your
body, rather than heating up the entire cabin.
The
key measure of efficient driving in an electric car is
miles-per-kilowatt-hour (kWh). Most electric car dashboards provide
efficiency stats as miles-per-kWh—either on a trip or lifetime basis.
Efficient EV drivers should aim to go four or more miles on a
kilowatt-hour of juice, while wasteful driving results in three miles
or less on that same kWh."
Our Tesla 3 does not give
miles-per-kilowatt-hour anywhere on its many computer screens, but
these Tesla Forum contributors tell you:
1.
In the lower left part of the car's screen - slide to the right or left
(over the windshield graphic). One side is tire pressure. The other is
efficiency stats and history. Or hit the up arrow on the bottom of the screen to see current mileage and projections.
2.
Take the roughly 250 Wh/Mile figure shown on the screen and divide it
into 1,000 to get the value in the miles per kWh units you're asking
for. If you see 250 Wh/mile on the screen that equates to 4 miles per
kWh.
Trip A (left) 1,000/242= 4.13 Last 30 mi. (above) Avg. 1000/254 avg Wh.mi = 3.93 Projected (above right) 1000/202 = 4.95
Since I have owned the car for 1,421 miles and used 344 kWh, I am getting
4.13 miles per kilowatt hour.
Today I took a short trip of 25 miles and used 195 Wh/mi which is
5.128 mpkWh and I went over the speed limit to pass trucks before my exit came up, but stayed speed limit otherwise.
Clean Fuel Reward Program, a California Program
As mentioned in an earlier report, I applied for the $1,000 rebate from
our Southern California Edison electric power provider. August
10, 2020, I received this notice:
Dear Carl Morrison,
Congratulations!
Your Clean Fuel Reward Program (CFRP) application #.... has been
approved for your Tesla Model 3. We anticipate that we will mail your
[$1,000] rebate check within approximately 45 days of application
approval.
I had to send them the official registration, which took some time to
receive from the state, and copies of the vehicle’s purchase/lease
agreement. Even though I missent one form, they responded quickly
and I submitted the correct form. Even vehicles purchased before
1/1/2019 can receive $450. Other states might have a similar
program under a different name.
Pedestrian Warning System (Owner's Manual Pg. 79)
When showing the Tesla to someone at their home, when I backed out of
their driveway, I noticed a sound. Thinking it was the A/C coming
on, I didn't realize:
The
Pedestrian Warning System causes Model 3 to emit sound when driving
below 20 mph (32 km/h). Electric vehicles operate quietly and this
sound helps to alert pedestrians of your oncoming vehicle. The sound,
which activates whenever Model 3 is shifted out of Park, and gets
louder as speed increases.
The touchscreen displays this indicator when the Pedestrian Warning System is not active.
Note: The Pedestrian Warning System is not available in vehicles manufactured prior to September 1, 2019. [This must be the date that a law went into effect.]
Warning: If sound cannot be heard, pedestrians may not be aware of your
oncoming vehicle, which may increase the likelihood of a collision
resulting in serious injury or death. If the Pedestrian Warning System
is not operating, immediately contact Tesla.
The
Pedestrian Warning System causes Model 3 to emit sound when driving
below 20 mph (32 km/h). Electric vehicles operate quietly and this
sound helps to alert pedestrians of your oncoming vehicle. The sound,
which activates whenever Model 3 is shifted out of Park, and gets
louder as speed increases.
[There is an issue with increased noise pollution.]
Least Expensive Model 3
As we read Tesla 3 articles, they might be as much as 3 years old so trying to find out the current price might be a challenge.
The Graphic to the right is the least expensive Model 3 currently
available at $37,990 (August, 2020). You might say, "I thought it
was $35,000." It is and they used to say that in the order form,
but you then chose RWD or AWD and that added $2,990 for RWD, the least
expensive. (Other options in the "Select Your Car" graphic below,
center.
To keep it at minimum price you next select color. Pearl White is
standard, any other color is $1,000 more except red, and it is $2,000
more.
Next is wheels, as shown on the right, 18" Aero Wheels are standard. 19" sport wheels are $1,500 more.
Next is Interior, All Black Partial Premium Interior is standard, Black and White is $1,000 more.
Autopilot is included. Full Self-Driving Capability is $8,000 more.
So you end up with the car in the graphic to the right plus taxes and fees.
(Sales Tax, Registration/Transfer /Titling Fees, License Fee, Tire fee,
and Electronic filing Fee amounted to over $4,000 for our car).
That will get you out of the dealership showroom, but later add
Insurance. We went with Tesla insurance only available in California at
the time of our purchase.)
Tesla calls the Model 3 "Near-Luxury" and with those prices, that
is the appropriate name. Their Models S and X are "luxury cars".
I believe Tesla will come out with a, more affordable for the masses,
$20,000 smaller commuter car, perhaps from their China or German
factory.
Standard Range Plus has 250 mile range. Long Range is 322 miles. Performance has 299 mile range.
The
best way to follow these prices is to use my referral number to go to
Tesla.com, then click Model 3 (or any model) and follow through the
steps/options.
My Referral Number is https://ts.la/carl41979 Just click
the URL to the left to go to the Tesla.com site that will explain the
benefits of using a referral number:
