Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 4: Trouble with the GPS
Posted on Aug 15, 2016 in Perspective, Technology Impacting Auto Insurance | Comments Off on Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 4: Trouble with the GPS
12:00 P.M. Looks like there is something wrong with the GPS and map function. Oddly, I can see where the car is vis-a-vis the next Tesla charging station but Google Map is fading in and out and the clock is stuck on the Mountain Time Zone. The Internet connectivity problems do not appear to be affecting Autopilot. And the car is running on the road great! Mike Nelson is embarking...
Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 3: Goodland, Kansas – Charley meets Adrian
Posted on Aug 14, 2016 in Perspective, Technology Impacting Auto Insurance | Comments Off on Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 3: Goodland, Kansas – Charley meets Adrian
When we arrived at this charging station today we met the owner of a 2015 Tesla S. While chatting about how much she loves her car, the owner talked about “him” and what “he” thinks. At first I thought she was referring to someone at Tesla and the owner later clarified that Adrian was the name of her car. As for Charley, we had a busy day. We still have a...
Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 3: There’s an App for That
Posted on Aug 14, 2016 in Perspective, Technology Impacting Auto Insurance | Comments Off on Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 3: There’s an App for That
Starting off just outside of Denver. 42 degrees. I am charging while Charley and Drew are getting a few last winks in. With Tesla Motors’ application you can do a number of things remotely. I am in a Starbucks tanking myself up but can watch the battery charge from here. The app allows me to turn the car on, unlock it, set the internal temperature, use my iPad and iPhone as...
Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 2: Utah Colorado Line
Posted on Aug 13, 2016 in Perspective, Technology Impacting Auto Insurance | Comments Off on Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 2: Utah Colorado Line
7:25 PM. Not sure we will make the Colorado Kansas line today but we will give it a fighting chance. The Tesla’s lane keeping automation utilizes the road lines to center the car. But the center of the lane does not always look like the center to the driver, or better said, the driver probably does not know where the true center of the lane is. That is a good example of...
Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 2: Changing Lanes
Posted on Aug 13, 2016 in Perspective, Technology Impacting Auto Insurance | Comments Off on Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 2: Changing Lanes
2:47, P.M. Richland, Utah. We are about 1/5 the way across the country. It’s a big place! Automated features do decrease driver fatigue but using new technology and of course driving in new territories add to the effort. A couple observations about some automated features… When the driver puts the turn signal on for change lanes, the vehicle evaluates the risks. If it...
Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 2: Pit stop
Posted on Aug 13, 2016 in Perspective, Technology Impacting Auto Insurance | Comments Off on Road Trip with a Tesla – Day 2: Pit stop
11:07 A.M. What is a little bit of an unexpected pleasure is the rest stops to charge the battery. The Tesla charge last about 300 miles but the Tesla real charging stations are about 100 miles apart so you have to stop more frequently than you would for a gas station. This charging station is in the town of Saint George, Utah and is located behind a Starbucks. So while we wait 30...
