I bought my daughters 2 loaded, 2022 Hyundai Konas this year. Bluelink comes included for 2 years (I think) but then you have to pay for it (and I will). I've owned my Model S for 7 years and I don't have to pay Tesla to use the app to control my car. I think you're going to find an increase over time of the paid services offered (required?) by car manufacturers, all in the name of "value add". I also had to pay Acura for a software update in my 2018 MDX. I've never paid Tesla for updates. I'm not here to defend Tesla, but let's be real about what other manufacturers do and do not charge for. Lastly, the TCO of my Model S compared to the high end BMWs I owned previously is dramatically lower.
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I bought my daughters 2 loaded, 2022 Hyundai Konas this year. Bluelink comes included for 2 years (I think) but then you have to pay for it (and I will). I've owned my Model S for 7 years and I don't have to pay Tesla to use the app to control my car. I think you're going to find an increase over time of the paid services offered (required?) by car manufacturers, all in the name of "value add". I also had to pay Acura for a software update in my 2018 MDX. I've never paid Tesla for updates. I'm not here to defend Tesla, but let's be real about what other manufacturers do and do not charge for. Lastly, the TCO of my Model S compared to the high end BMWs I owned previously is dramatically lower.
Curious: do people actually believe this myth or is it just supposed to be clever? Fires in teslas (and most EVs, although the Chevy Bolt did have a real problem) are exceedingly rare, and when they occur, it’s almost always because some external object has punctured the battery, as could happen in a severe crash. Gas cars burn much more easily and regularly.
Ignore the Hype: Spontaneous Tesla Fires are Incredibly Rare
Ignore the Hype and the oil-funded news articles. The data proves that Spontaneous Tesla Fires are Incredibly Rare!
cleantechnica.com
Car manufacturer Tesla today rolled out a holiday software update that introduces support for Apple Music. According to reports on Twitter, the 2022.44.25 update allows Tesla owners to access their Apple Music accounts directly in their cars.
Stream over 100 million songs and 30,000 playlists ad-free. Listen to your entire library, discover new music, and tune into live radio stations. To access Apple Music, tap the Apple Music icon in the Application Launcher, scan the QR code with your mobile device, and login with your Apple ID.
Note: A Premium Connectivity subscription is required to stream Apple Music over a cellular connection.
Added as an app in the Tesla software so you need to pay Tesla the subscription for whatever the hell "premium connectivity" actually gets you.
Curious: do people actually believe this myth or is it just supposed to be clever? Fires in teslas (and most EVs, although the Chevy Bolt did have a real problem) are exceedingly rare, and when they occur, it’s almost always because some external object has punctured the battery, as could happen in a severe crash. Gas cars burn much more easily and regularly.
Ignore the Hype: Spontaneous Tesla Fires are Incredibly Rare
Ignore the Hype and the oil-funded news articles. The data proves that Spontaneous Tesla Fires are Incredibly Rare!
Chill. They are Panasonic batteries. Space Karen Qelon didn’t invent them.
Batteries are fragile components, they overheat, they deplete over time, they are very toxic to dispose of. We know what batteries are. They aren’t a new thing.
If there were as many battery based cars as gas based cars it would be really much clearer.
Hydrogen is the better solution.
Agree. It’s an irritating omission.
The Tesla interface looks pretty but is lacking both in usability and functionality. Unfortunately whilst “influencers” continue to fawn over it they have no motivation to improve.
Still, it’s a great car.
Yes! Can’t wait to try! The g/f has Spotify, so I have her iMessage songs I hear on Spotify to me so I add them into Apple Music; inefficient method to say the least. Now, we can argue over who has better playlists 😂🤣 ….🚗………
To actually answer the question you replied to, yes, you can just hotspot your phone and not pay Tesla $10 a month for a cellular plan. Also, every other car also charges you. ****. My Hyundai Bluelink is $300 a year and can’t do half of the stuff Tesla can.
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None of that has anything to do with what I posted. The question is, do you think batteries (in teslas or otherwise) just randomly explode? (They don’t)
As for the rate of fires, there are more than enough BEVs to answer the question. And that answer is, ICE cars catch fire at a much, MUCH higher rate than BEVs.
Study: Electric Vehicles Involved in Fewest Car Fires - Kelley Blue Book
A new study shows that hybrid-powered cars are more likely to catch fire than gasoline-powered cars or electric vehicles.
www.kbb.com
As for hydrogen, LOL. Not even Toyota is seriously pursuing that anymore. BEVs are the future, and increasingly the present, also.
I agree--enough with the games and streaming TV. Fix the audio options.
Nice I was going to buy a Tesla tomorrow anyway. I need a write off and it’s about the only place around here not adding a $10,000 market price adjustment.
Exaggerated, but some truth to it. The drivers all love their cars though. On the upside you can take a chance on an American car and be no better off other than they have been building cars with these issues since the 70’s.
I guess that makes CarPlay less of a need on a Tesla. I don't currently own one but if anyone does, can you tell me if they have the ability to read/compose texts by voice?
Yes you can. It's decent, but not perfect, especially on group texts. At least for me, if I reply to a group text from my Model S it will text that person individually, not the group it came from. If you're in the Apple ecosystem as we are, CarPlay is superior here. I would assume Android Auto is superior to Tesla texting as well, but I have no experience with it.
Tangentially, it's convenient to control more of your vehicle with voice in a Tesla. Sometimes I'm a little surprised what you can't control with voice though.
You do realise that the monthly payment is for CONNECTIVITY, right?
Like you don’t pay for an iPhone once-off and expect calls/texts/5G to work without paying for a cellular plan?
As others have said, you can hotspot your phone if you don’t want to pay for it.
At $100/year, it's a damn bargain.
Glad we got the "good" Apple software and not the CarPlay BS. Halfassed cell phone interface. Call me when it can handle lists.
That is too bad. I was so excited for this. So, it will not be as good as Tidal’s HiFi, which what I have been using in my refresh Model S until it got Apple Music?
Tesla people are funny. The rest of us have cars where the manufacturer doesn’t try to tell you what you can do. I had Apple Music on in my car from the first day it was available. But my car has CarPlay.
Are you speaking from experience because you already drive a fuel cell hydrogen car? 😉
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Apple Music has worked since the day it launched via Bluetooth. Will be nice to have it native and use the car’s LTE connectivity instead of my phone’s. That’s the major difference now.
CarPlay sucks. It’s a hack around the garbage interfaces most car companies stick you with, which are absolutely abhorrent.
