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Tesla to roll out navigation improvements, tire service mobile alerts in 2024.32 update
A recent report from a Tesla software update tracker has hinted at a number of features that are expected to be rolled out to the company’s vehicles. These features include displays for construction areas, predictive text for navigation, and tire service notifications on the Tesla mobile app, among others.
One of the best things about Teslas is their capability to receive new features even after they have already been bought. And for the most part, these improvements are completely free of charge and downloaded through a simple over-the-air software update. As per Tesla software tracker Not a Tesla App, update 2024.32 has been rolled out to company employees, and it includes a number of interesting new functions.
Among the most notable is Construction on Your Route, which displays the location of construction areas on the display. This gives drivers a better idea of which areas to avoid, and it also gives them additional context about the route that their Tesla’s navigation system is following. Such a feature would be very useful in cities, where road work and construction projects tend to be common or even unannounced.
In case you missed this, release notes for the next Tesla update, 2024.32, are now available.https://t.co/Q5663RSEiohttps://t.co/Q5663RSEio— Not a Tesla App (@NotATeslaApp) August 24, 2024
The 2024.32 update will reportedly also include Predictive Text for Navigation Searches, which should save drivers time when they are typing in a destination on their vehicle. The 2024.32 update’s Search This Area feature, for its part, would allow drivers to search for something specific if they drag the map to a different location.
Particularly useful in the 2024.32 update is Mobile App Notifications – Tire Service, which informs drivers if their vehicle’s tires are due for a rotation or replacement. As per Not a Tesla App, drivers could set a mileage-based reminder for the feature’s mobile app alerts. This should be quite useful for new EV drivers, as electric vehicles tend to wear out tires a bit differently compared to traditional combustion-powered cars.
NEWS: Tesla will soon release the following features via an OTA update.
• Display construction on your route with an icon: Tesla already considers construction when navigating to a location, but it’ll now display the location of the construction on the screen, giving you a… pic.twitter.com/2cmiEnN5ec— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) August 24, 2024
Tesla’s update 2024.32 is reportedly still being tested with Wave 1 employees, though if there are no issues with the software, it would not be surprising if the update gets rolled out to consumers soon. Considering the nature of the new features in the 2024.32 update, functions like the Construction on Your Route may also be region-specific.
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Brazil Supreme Court orders Elon Musk and X investigation closed
The decision was issued by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes following a recommendation from Brazil’s Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet.
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court has ordered the closure of an investigation involving Elon Musk and social media platform X. The inquiry had been pending for about two years and examined whether the platform was used to coordinate attacks against members of the judiciary.
The decision was issued by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes following a recommendation from Brazil’s Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet.
According to a report from Agencia Brasil, the investigation conducted by the Federal Police did not find evidence that X deliberately attempted to attack the judiciary or circumvent court orders.
Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet concluded that the irregularities identified during the probe did not indicate fraudulent intent.
Justice Moraes accepted the prosecutor’s recommendation and ruled that the investigation should be closed. Under the ruling, the case will remain closed unless new evidence emerges.
The inquiry stemmed from concerns that content on X may have enabled online attacks against Supreme Court justices or violated rulings requiring the suspension of certain accounts under investigation.
Justice Moraes had previously taken several enforcement actions related to the platform during the broader dispute involving social media regulation in Brazil.
These included ordering a nationwide block of the platform, freezing Starlink accounts, and imposing fines on X totaling about $5.2 million. Authorities also froze financial assets linked to X and SpaceX through Starlink to collect unpaid penalties and seized roughly $3.3 million from the companies’ accounts.
Moraes also imposed daily fines of up to R$5 million, about $920,000, for alleged evasion of the X ban and established penalties of R$50,000 per day for VPN users who attempted to bypass the restriction.
Brazil remains an important market for X, with roughly 17 million users, making it one of the platform’s larger user bases globally.
The country is also a major market for Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet service, which has surpassed one million subscribers in Brazil.
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FCC chair criticizes Amazon over opposition to SpaceX satellite plan
Carr made the remarks in a post on social media platform X.
U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr criticized Amazon after the company opposed SpaceX’s proposal to launch a large satellite constellation that could function as an orbital data center network.
Carr made the remarks in a post on social media platform X.
Amazon recently urged the FCC to reject SpaceX’s application to deploy a constellation of up to 1 million low Earth orbit satellites that could serve as artificial intelligence data centers in space.
The company described the proposal as a “lofty ambition rather than a real plan,” arguing that SpaceX had not provided sufficient details about how the system would operate.
Carr responded by pointing to Amazon’s own satellite deployment progress.
“Amazon should focus on the fact that it will fall roughly 1,000 satellites short of meeting its upcoming deployment milestone, rather than spending their time and resources filing petitions against companies that are putting thousands of satellites in orbit,” Carr wrote on X.
Amazon has declined to comment on the statement.
Amazon has been working to deploy its Project Kuiper satellite network, which is intended to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink service. The company has invested more than $10 billion in the program and has launched more than 200 satellites since April of last year.
Amazon has also asked the FCC for a 24-month extension, until July 2028, to meet a requirement to deploy roughly 1,600 satellites by July 2026, as noted in a CNBC report.
SpaceX’s Starlink network currently has nearly 10,000 satellites in orbit and serves roughly 10 million customers. The FCC has also authorized SpaceX to deploy 7,500 additional satellites as the company continues expanding its global satellite internet network.
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Tesla Energy gains UK license to sell electricity to homes and businesses
The license was granted to Tesla Energy Ventures Ltd. by UK energy regulator Ofgem after a seven-month review process.
Tesla Energy has received a license to supply electricity in the United Kingdom, opening the door for the company to serve homes and businesses in the country.
The license was granted to Tesla Energy Ventures Ltd. by UK energy regulator Ofgem after a seven-month review process.
According to Ofgem, the license took effect at 6 p.m. local time on Wednesday and applies to Great Britain.
The approval allows Tesla’s energy business to sell electricity directly to customers in the region, as noted in a Bloomberg News report.
Tesla has already expanded similar services in the United States. In Texas, the company offers electricity plans that allow Tesla owners to charge their vehicles at a lower cost while also feeding excess electricity back into the grid.
Tesla already has a sizable presence in the UK market. According to price comparison website U-switch, there are more than 250,000 Tesla electric vehicles in the country and thousands of Tesla home energy storage systems.
Ofgem also noted that Tesla Motors Ltd., a separate entity incorporated in England and Wales, received an electricity generation license in June 2020.
The new UK license arrives as Tesla continues expanding its global energy business.
Last year, Tesla Energy retained the top position in the global battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator market for the second consecutive year. According to Wood Mackenzie’s latest rankings, Tesla held about 15% of global market share in 2024.
The company also maintained a dominant position in North America, where it captured roughly 39% market share in the region.
At the same time, competition in the energy storage sector is increasing. Chinese companies such as Sungrow have been expanding their presence globally, particularly in Europe.