Tesla to Add New ‘Hurry’ Mode to FSD Driving Profiles

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In a post on X, Elon Musk recently announced that FSD drive modes would be getting a slight rename – Assertive mode will become Hurry mode.

Current Modes

Tesla introduced different FSD driving modes in 2021 so that drivers could pick a driving style that better matched their preference. Before driving profiles, Tesla let drivers pick the distance the vehicle would between the vehicle in front of them.

Currently, drivers with FSD have theee mode options available to them in Autopilot settings screen – chill, standard, and assertive. These three options dictate how far back the vehicle will sit in traffic, as well as how relaxed or aggressively it will maneuver through traffic.

Currently, there isn’t much of a difference between each of these modes besides how much space FSD is willing to leave between vehicles.

New Mode

The new mode naming scheme will be chill, standard, and hurry. We’re not quite sure what the difference between hurry and assertive will be, or if there will be any difference at all. It could be Tesla simply trying to avoid any issues with some NHTSA, or they could have some changes planned for the new hurry mode.

Hurry mode could attempt to stick closer to the speed limit, and change lanes more often to reach the destination sooner, while standard is similar to the current experience, and chill remains a bit more relaxed.

Release Date

At this point, given the sudden announcement of Hurry mode and the renaming – we’re not quite sure when this will be coming to vehicles.

FSD V12.4 was slated for release in mid to late May, but has apparently been delayed, perhaps due to the issues with the Spring Update. As such, if there are changes, we can probably expect the renaming and whatever unique features Hurry mode has – if any – will arrive with FSD V12.5 sometime in the future.

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Tesla’s Referral Program Launches in Europe

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Following its recent launch in the United States and Canada, Tesla has launched their referral program in several European countries as well.

The program is available in Germany, Norway, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and possibly others. The program is almost the same as the one available today in North America, with rewards for each referral and a discount for those referred. The cap in Europe is also ten per year.

This program comes right on the heels of a 0% financing offer for the Model Y in Sweden and France. While referrals aren't currently available in Sweden, the 0% financing still is.

European Referrals

The European Referral program accounts for country and local currency, where applicable.

The referral reward program is comparable to the one available in North America. After exchange rates, there is only an approximately 10% difference between the available rewards in the US and EU.

Other Countries

We expect this program to start rolling out to other European countries over the next few days or weeks, as Tesla continues to expand its referral program.

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Tesla's Android App Lags Behind Apple's: The Missing Features

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Tesla has confirmed that they submit app updates for Android and iOS apps at the same time, but we often see the iOS app updates released first possibly due to a quicker app review process at Apple.

However, we often see features implemented on the Apple version weeks or months before they’re implemented on Android. Today, the Android app is missing several key features, and the gap is starting to become a bit glaring.

Delayed App Updates

The Android app just received update 4.36.6 last night, while the Apple update was available as of September 1st.

That might not seem like a big deal, but in order to use the updated Actually Smart Summon, you’ll need app version 4.36.6, so any Andriod users that received update 2024.27.20 with the new Summon, couldn’t use it until yesterday.

We’re sure Tesla is on it, but it’s disappointing to see that key feature updates take days or a week longer to receive on Android. Apple and Google both offer the ability to set a release date for an app update, so Tesla could coordinate releasing the apps at the same time.

Ultra Wideband Support

Unfortunately, there’s no Ultra Wide Band (UWB) support on Android yet, which is an interesting omission since it’s such a great feature. Most Android phones, flagships, and cheaper phones alike, all support UWB.

Without UWB support Android phones can’t use Tesla’s newest phone key, which is only available for devices that support UWB. The new phone key improves reliability for unlocking the vehicle and setting the correct Tesla driver profile. To support the new phone key, you need a compatible phone (iPhone 11 or newer) and a newer vehicle that supports ultra wideband.

Hands-Free Trunk

Tesla’s new hands-free trunk feature, which allows you to automatically open your trunk by simply standing behind it for a couple of seconds, also isn’t available on Android devices. Tesla’s Hands-Free Trunk requires UWB support too, and Tesla originally mentioned it was coming to Android in May 2024.

For now, those are the features we know of that don’t work on Android today, and we’re hoping that Tesla brings both UWB support, as well as simultaneous app updates to the Google Play and Apple App Store by leveraging each store’s publish date feature.

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