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Analytics Collection

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Collection of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, Not a Tesla App may collect personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, geographic region and/or Tesla model.

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

Use of your Personal Information

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Not a Tesla App may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Not a Tesla App and its affiliates.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

Not a Tesla App does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.

Not a Tesla App may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Not a Tesla App, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Not a Tesla App may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Not a Tesla App or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Not a Tesla App; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Not a Tesla App, or the public.

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Not a Tesla App. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Not a Tesla App website.

Use of Cookies

The Not a Tesla App website may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Not a Tesla App pages, or register with Not a Tesla App site or services, a cookie helps Not a Tesla App to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Not a Tesla App website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Not a Tesla App features that you customized.

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Links

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Security of your Personal Information

Not a Tesla App secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Not a Tesla App uses the following methods for this purpose: SSL Protocol.

When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

  • Delete your personal information from our records; and
  • Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
  • Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
  • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
  • Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
  • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
  • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
  • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
  • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
  • Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
  • Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

Children Under Thirteen

Not a Tesla App does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

E-mail Communications

From time to time, Not a Tesla App may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Not a Tesla App or click on a link therein.

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Not a Tesla App, you may opt out of such communications by visiting https://www.NotATeslaApp.com/preferences.

Changes to this Statement

Not a Tesla App reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information

Not a Tesla App welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Not a Tesla App has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Not a Tesla App using the Contact Us form on the website.

Effective as of April 1, 2021

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Musk: Tesla FSD's Top Night Driving Goal Is Avoiding Pets

By Nehal Malik
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Tesla’s biggest nighttime challenge for FSD isn’t traffic or lane lines. It’s a pet that blends into the road. According to Elon Musk, avoiding pets in the dark is the main thing Tesla is trying to solve right now before it starts operating robotaxis 24/7.

Musk shared the update on X, saying the goal is “making sure that we don’t run over pets when they’re hard to see at night.” He then described the exact scenario Tesla is targeting: “grey kittens on grey tarmac in the dark.”

Why Edge Cases Matter for FSD

What Musk described sounds like an extremely rare situation, but that’s the point. Technology only becomes autonomous when it’s built for edge cases, not just everyday driving, and Tesla has taken that approach with FSD and its Robotaxi software. A gray kitten on dark asphalt tests how well the cameras and neural network work together when there’s almost no contrast to work with. It’s all about the rule of nines — the only way to make sure the software works as intended as close to 100% of the time as possible is to train it for every potential edge case.

Musk has also pushed back on the idea of adding extra hardware like thermal cameras. In his view, regular cameras can see “very well in the dark when AI is doing the photon count analysis.” In other words, he expects the software to pull enough detail out of very little light to accurately identify and stop for our furry little friends.

How This Ties Into FSD v15 and Robotaxi

The timing is worth watching. Tesla VP of AI Ashok Elluswamy recently said that Robotaxis will get FSD v15 this month, unlocking 24/7 commercial operations. While Tesla has increased Robotaxi hours since launch, the latest expansion was just one hour. It remains to be seen whether round-the-clock service is still possible this month if nighttime driving is still being figured out. Musk didn’t say whether this work is tied to the v15 timeline.

FSD v15 is a 10x parameter upgrade, taking the neural network to about 10 billion parameters from roughly one billion today. It will debut on Robotaxi vehicles before eventually making its way to consumer vehicles. Tesla previously said some Robotaxi vehicles were already testing early v15 builds in the wild, with Elluswamy pointing to October for a fleet-wide rollout.

The release also matters for growth. Once v15 is in place, Tesla plans to expand the Robotaxi network more aggressively, entering new markets and growing service areas in existing ones.

If Tesla can reliably spot a gray kitten on gray tarmac, 24/7 commercial service gets much easier to justify. Robotaxi operating hours over the next few weeks should show how close it really is.

Did You Know New Tesla Performance Models Get Free Premium Connectivity?

By Nehal Malik
Not a Tesla App

Tesla’s Model 3 Performance and Model Y Performance come with a perk that’s easy to miss on the order page: free Premium Connectivity for life. Every U.S. order for either model includes it, and the subscription normally costs $9.99 per month or $99 per year plus taxes.

There’s one catch, though. The subscription isn’t transferable, so it ends when you sell the car.

How Much Free Premium Connectivity Saves You

Tesla’s Premium Connectivity subscription runs $9.99 per month or $99 per year in the U.S. Getting it for free with your order saves you at least $99 for every year you keep the vehicle. That’s enough to cover a free month of Full Self-Driving (Supervised) every year, and keeping a Performance trim for five years puts nearly $500 back in your pocket.

What Premium Connectivity Includes

Plenty of the basics are free on every Tesla, including navigation, phone notifications, software updates, and route traffic updates. Tesla’s Premium Connectivity package covers the extras that require a cellular connection on the road.

On the entertainment side, that means music and video streaming, the recently redesigned Caraoke app, the web browser, and Grok. Zoom, Discord, and Teams are also covered on AMD-equipped cars. Some streaming apps still need their own subscriptions, so Premium Connectivity only provides the data connection.

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For maps, it adds live traffic visuals, satellite view, weather radar, 3D buildings, and traffic light and speed camera icons. It also unlocks Sentry Mode live camera access, plus Dashcam and Sentry Mode clips in the Tesla app.

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Most of the entertainment features also work over Wi-Fi or a phone hotspot. Live traffic and satellite view don’t, so those need a Premium Connectivity subscription even if you’re tethered to your phone. Here’s a full breakdown of what you get with Premium Connectivity that’s not included otherwise:

Feature

Included

WiFi / Hotspot

Premium Connectivity

Navigation

✓

✓

✓

Phone Notifications

✓

✓

✓

Ability to Use Tesla App

✓

✓

✓

Routing Considers Traffic

✓

✓

✓

Traffic Along Route

✓

✓

✓

Zoom / Discord / Teams

✓

✓

Grok

✓

✓

Video Streaming

✓

✓

Music Streaming

✓

✓

Internet Browser

✓

✓

Show Live Traffic

✓

Satellite-View Maps

✓

3D Buildings

✓

Weather Forecast

✓

Weather Radar

✓

Caraoke

✓

✓

Sentry Mode Live Access

✓

Dashcam / Sentry Mode Videos in App

✓

Traffic & Speed Camera Icons

✓

Average Speed Zone Support

✓

Free Connectivity Isn’t New for Tesla

Tesla often offers free Premium Connectivity as a limited-time purchase perk on other models and trims, in the U.S. and in international markets. What sets the Model 3 and Model Y Performance apart is that it’s permanently included, and has been for a while.

Tesla offered a free year of both Premium Connectivity and FSD with the first waves of Model Y L Launch Series orders in the U.S. The Model S and Model X used to include both free Supercharging and Premium Connectivity for the lifetime of the first owner before they were discontinued earlier this year.

If you’re weighing a Performance trim against a standard one, the free Premium Connectivity subscription is a small offset to the price gap. Tesla has changed which perks come with each model several times, so check the order page before you buy.

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