r/electricvehicles • u/malbecman • 2d ago

News Tesla's software engineering head to step down, Bloomberg News reports

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas-software-engineering-head-step-down-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-04-04/
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u/Zealousideal-Ant9548 2d ago

I have actually talked to a software dev there.  He said his role changed nearly every week and they don't have that many devs to begin with.  One of the reasons why the voice commands haven't been improved in 9+ months

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u/Zealousideal-Ant9548 2d ago

Do you know how to control the defogger?  It hasn't worked for 3 years

It seems like one of those voice control things as I'd be turning it on or off while driving and it's hidden behind several swipes.

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u/Jmauld 2d ago

Press button. Say: “Defog the windshield”

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u/Zealousideal-Ant9548 1d ago

And to turn it off?

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u/Jmauld 1d ago

“Defog off”.

Does this really not work for you?

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u/Zealousideal-Ant9548 1d ago

There's at least half a dozen ways of asking the car to turn the defogger on and off.  None of the one's I've tried have worked so I wanted to get the right set