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Autonomy & FSD
Tesla's Hidden FSD Feature: Taha Abbasi Explains the Dashcam User Input Overlay
A Cybertruck owner's close call reveals a crucial FSD supervision lesson — and a dashcam feature every Tesla driver should know about.
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Autonomy & FSD
Tesla FSD Dashcam Pedal Input Display: Taha Abbasi on Why This Changes Accountability
Tesla's FSD dashcam now displays driver pedal inputs, bringing unprecedented transparency to autonomous driving incidents.
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SpaceX & Space
SpaceX Stargaze: Taha Abbasi on Why Giving Away Space Safety Data Is the Right Move
SpaceX launches Stargaze, a free Space Situational Awareness system providing orbital tracking data to all satellite operators.
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Tesla & EVs
Tesla's 4680 Dry Cathode Breakthrough: Taha Abbasi on Why This Battery Milestone Changes Everything
After years of development, Tesla has finally cracked the dry-electrode process for both anode and cathode in its 4680 cells — and the…
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News & Analysis
Why Lab Tests Miss What Real-World Testing Catches: An Engineer's Methodology | Taha Abbasi
The Gap Between Specification and Reality Every vehicle has two versions: the one that exists in controlled laboratory conditions, and the…
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Adventure & Overlanding
Exploring Utah's Forgotten Mining Tunnel: An Overlanding Adventure | Taha Abbasi
Some Places Exist Only If You're Willing to Find Them There's a mining tunnel in Utah's west desert that doesn't appear on modern maps.
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News & Analysis
The Cheapest V8 Tundra: Why Budget Builds Teach Better Engineering | Taha Abbasi
Why Budget Builds Teach Better Engineering I bought the cheapest running V8 Tundra I could find.
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Autonomy & FSD
Tesla FSD V14 Bike Rack Test: Does It Actually Work? | Taha Abbasi
The V13 Nightmare: Why I Stopped Using FSD with a Bike Rack When my wife Nichell and I got our mountain bikes this summer, we quickly…
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Autonomy & FSD
Tesla FSD Standard vs Mad Max Mode: Which Setting Actually Works Better?
If you've got Tesla FSD, you've probably noticed the driving profile options. In V13, we had three profiles: Chill, Standard, and Hurry.
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Autonomy & FSD
Tesla FSD Profiles Explained: Sloth, Chill, Standard, Hurry & Mad Max — Which One Should You Use? | Taha Abbasi
By Taha Abbasi Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised offers five distinct driving profiles: Sloth, Chill, Standard, Hurry, and Mad…
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Tesla & EVs
1800 Miles in a Cybertruck: Real Range, Charging, and What Tesla Won't Tell You | Taha Abbasi
What Nobody Tells You About Long-Distance Cybertruck Ownership 1,800 miles. Four states. One Cybertruck named Kimosabi.
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Tesla & EVs
We Couldn't Survive on EVs Before Cybertruck | Taha Abbasi
We Weren't Looking for an EV When Nichell and I moved to Utah, an electric vehicle was nowhere on our radar.
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