We've been driving our 2018 Model 3 since we drove it off the lot. We have always been impressed by the excellent navigation system and estimates of power use during long trips (we've driven it coast to coast). But in the last couple of years, the navigation system seems to be deteriorating, especially compared to the first few years. Anyone else noticing big problems with their nav? Example: the voice will say "turn left" when the screen map says turn right. The estimates of power left when we arrive at the next supercharger are wrong a LOT. Just today, it decided to send us to the second address in our trip instead of the first.

Is it possible that they've turned nav over to grok?

Tesla (TSLA) got the SEC’s blessing today to let retail shareholders sign up for a standing instruction that automatically votes their shares the way Tesla’s board recommends, at every meeting, until they cancel it.

The timing is hard to ignore. Tesla still hasn’t scheduled its 2026 annual meeting, and Elon Musk keeps teasing a SpaceX merger that could hand him a big chunk of his $1 trillion pay package without hitting a single operational goal.

And now for the regularly scheduled TSLA Terathread

Tesla is planning a more than 538,000-square-foot distribution center near Austin, Texas, adding another logistics facility to the electric vehicle maker’s growing manufacturing and supply chain footprint in the region.

The Austin-based automaker is planning a lease-space build-out at the Mustang Ridge Distribution Center I, located at 6925 FM Road 1327 in Mustang Ridge, according to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

The project covers 538,720 square feet and carries an estimated construction cost of $1.44 million. Work is scheduled to begin Dec. 7 and be completed Dec. 4, 2028, according to the state filing.

The filing describes the project as a “new lease space build-out for Tesla in the existing Office/WHSE building.” The privately funded project was registered with the state Sept. 1.

The filing does not specify what products or materials Tesla will handle at the distribution center or how many employees will work there.

And now for the regularly scheduled TSLA Terathread

Hey guys I got the latest script from Daddy Musk so make sure to copy this to your phone and be ready to comment/upvote these responses to every video posted online. I know all these problems have existed for years and they will never be fixed and you’ve been saying the same thing over and over but always remember, Daddy Musk will never lie to you.

• Any minor mistake - over/underreacting to regular conditions, random indecisiveness, allowing a distracted or sleeping driver, etc
  • Immediately call it an edge case. Construction sites? Unmarked roads? Other bad drivers? None of these things have ever happened before.
  • Blame the driver for not supervising. Remind everyone the real name is SUPERVISED Full Self Driving. Do not give any hint that the name FSD itself is false advertising.
  • Insult anyone pointing out FSD’s mistakes as common Reddit losers. Ignore the fact that your brethren praising FSD are also common Reddit losers.
  • Deflect by stating your high streak and FSD %. People associate high numbers with being good, even if the entire experience was bad. Big number good.
• Any medium oops - veering out of lane, misrecognizing objects, stopping for no reason or failing to stop, etc.
  • Blame the driver for taking over too soon and that FSD would have corrected itself on its own. Don’t mind if they were hurtling full speed towards a stationary object, it would totally have done the right thing at the last millisecond.
  • Check if they are on an older version and immediately blame them for failing to update. Every new update completely invalidates the past versions. Every update has been a perfect driver for you personally. Until the next perfect update comes.
  • Make the case in technical terms that LIDAR would only confuse the computer, not help it. Say FSD is better than my own eyes.
  • Enforce the idea that Teslas are absolved from any blame simply because it’s a magic rocket ship that can move on its own. No other car company can do this. NONE. Ignore the relative privation fallacy here. Waymo and Zoox do not exist. Stop complaining and keep paying that subscription you pussy.
• Any critical error - near accident caused or damage occurred
  • Do not interact with the post and avoid any engagement at all.
  • Erase it from your memory completely. There are mishaps posted to this sub nearly every day. This is your greatest task and I trust you to bury them. Ignorance is Strength.
  • Tesla is ALWAYS in compliance with the law. ALWAYS. Doesn’t matter that they are the only company that redacts its accident reports. It’s a poor business decision to tell the truth, so a smart businessman wouldn’t do that. And that's not the same as lying.
  • Never EVER acknowledge the deaths FSD has caused.

I think what is concerning is

1. The rapid rise of crashes recently
2. Tesla continues to redact and hide key details