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Just found this in the SF Chronicle: As of December 2023, an estimated 540 PG&E customers were waiting for transformers, with about 40% of those located in the Bay Area. These delays not only exacerbate uncertainty for individuals and families eager to move in but also significantly inflate...

Could be. I noticed last week that there appears to be an open pad for some sort of large cabinet. It could be for a transformer so a real source of delays for PG&E.

Charging here 3/5/24 . 3 dead chargers. Just drove down from Central Coast area on 3/2/24. Noted a large number of chargers OOS at several stations along the way. Perhaps charger servicing in socal is low on personnel?

Talked to hotel staff about 2 weeks ago and they thought the issue was with PG&E. Could be they're still overloaded on solar installs that were approved prior to the April deadline last year. Who knows.

Drove by yesterday. 2 power cabinets still wrapped in plastic and yellow tape around the chargers.

Yeeha! No more drives to SB (I hope).

Dropped by this week and the posts are in. The electricians working there were unwrapping the main switchgear and transformers. They indicated that their part was complete and the site only needed power to be turned on by PG&E. They also indicated that there might be some legal issues brewing...

I was at the Santa Barbara SC about 18 months ago when I asked about the possibility of a Tesla Service Center in SLO. The manager indicated that it was a good possibility and many of the folks working there wanted to transfer if it happened. Perhaps staffing won't take too long. That being said...

Stopped by yesterday. Progress! Parking lot looks complete and some painting done.

Woohoo. Looking forward to it. 2e visit friends in Carson City that live about a mile away.

Progress!

Went by yesterday (6/16/23) for an update and found a section of the hotel parking in the NE corner fenced with equipment and concrete pre fab supercharger bases.

Making progress! Walls are going up.

Stopped by yesterday (4/26). Making progress!

Adding some new eateries in Atascadero. The ones within walking distance are noted as such. There are a few that are in the "get it to go and eat while charging category" and will be noted as such. Sadly, some of the places above didn't survive COVID. Central Coast Cafe and Kuma are no longer...

Sitting in the Santa Barbara service center wishing they would finish the new SC. On the bright side, managed to score a MX loaner rather than an Uber. Fingers crossed for a quick build.🤞

got the same issue today in my 2017 MS 90. Both sides fogged at separate times during 90 minures of errands. it's been raining cats and dogs here for the last few days but the car has been in the garage except for a couple of short in town trips. Took pictures to show service team when I can...

2017 MS90 66000+ miles 319 kwH/mi

Stacked units don't load the wall. They actually all sit on the floor and are held together with a stacking bracket. The main load on the wall would be seismic. I have 3 stacked in my garage under the remote main breaker panel.

SloDoCo is definitely the bomb. Some of the best donuts I've ever had. Living in Atown, it's really tough to drive by and not stop.

I use ABRP while pre-planning the trip to work out the best routes for what we want to see and how far we want to drive in a day. Once I have all the addresses, I load them into the cars nav system one by one. That list then just resides in the list of recent destinations. Once we hit the road...

make sure that Tesla verifies the brake discs are still true and not warped too. I had some disc warpage after an annual service. I suspect the wheels may have been tightened incorrectly. After some "discussion" the front discs were replaced under warranty. My car was at about 18k miles at the time.

I had something similar. I found that sentry mode had recorded 217 1 minute sentry clips in my garage. It apparently stopped on its own so I just had to clear the files. While waiting for my wife to get vaccinated I started deleting them one by one up to about 20 or so and then I realized I...

2017 MS here. Fully agree the lights are pretty poor for the country. I live out of town, no streetlights, VERY dark, lots of wildlife. A real recipe for success. I use he automatic high beams function which helps but what I've found most helpful is to run the fog lamps at all times. I've been...

Wow, nicely done. I'll have to look at that. I live out of town a few miles and driving in the dark, even with high beams, leaves a lot to be desired with deer, turkeys and other critters running about in the dark.

Agreed. The behavior changed after upgrade to MCU2. Hopefully, Tesla will address it.

Atascadero local here, the SC does get pretty full on holidays and weekends but the new charger in Paso Robles about 20 minutes north is much larger (28 stalls, some V3) has taken off some of the pressure. The big advantage for A-town is the places to eat within walking distance and a quicker...

2017 MS here. Just did the upgrade to MCU2 and couldn't be happier. Now I have all the entertainment functionality but most importantly the responsiveness of the nav system if much faster. Web browser now is actually usable and new instrument cluster works well and shows all the new...

I have a PV system of similar size with 3 PWs (bought 2 added one referral). Our annual usage is about the same as yours. AC use is limited to about 4 weeks total over the summer and fall. I agree with some of the posters here. I would go up in size for the system to allow for some growth in...

I started seeing the same behavior a few weeks ago too. I didn't make the connection to charging until I saw your post. Hopefully will get fixed on a future update.

I think of this as "honey, the light's green" mode.

Completely agree that the Tesla UI takes some getting used to. Old guy (67) here but I spent my working life split between old tech and new tech so not too hard to make the adjustment. I would like to address those reviewers who criticize the fact that the Tesla's controls are almost completely...

Alternate Fuels Data Center has a good website: EERE: Alternative Fuels Data Center Home Page The maps direct link is here: Alternative Fuels Data Center: Alternative Fueling Station Locator Good response with excellent filters for types of chargers and connectors available. Pop up links to...

No pics but went by yesterday and a MX was charging. Only vehicle charging while Atascadero had 6 of 8 occupied. Sadly only a couple of food choices available within walking distance. Jack in the Box Subway The Slice - Pizza, Beer, arcade. Never been, can't offer an opinion. Google shows 4...

Just stopped by after a visit to Lowe's. Making progress. This will be a great stop. Hopefully some additional restaurants will move in the shopping center. A couple of years ago the rumor was that a Sonic was going in but nothing happened on that front. Too bad.

Our system produces about 29kWh (max) on the summer solstice and about 12kWh (max) on the winter solstice. We live in Atascadero so it's pretty clear most of the summer with cloud cover being rare during the summer months. Your system performance is likely different based on orientation...

Having worked for PG&E for 28 years, I'm not surprised that your interconnect agreement shows no change. It's a huge bureaucracy and everything takes a LOT of time. That being said you would likely save money being on a TOU rate. You can change via a link on their website and that goes pretty...

I've been using that strategy since I got my 17 MS. Never been charged on any road trip.

Remember when Elon said all loaners would be Model S or X with Ludicrous mode?

Amen! Service is the next frontier that Tesla needs to fix. ASAP. I had the HW3 upgrade done on 6/9 to my 2017 MS90D. I requested to install the MCU2 upgrade at the same time (yes, I know it cost $). No feedback from Tesla service about my request for the MCU upgrade but the HW3 upgrade was...

When did you receive the latest firmware? I'm still on 1.43.3.

Ran into the same issue on 1.43.3. After doing some research online I found a post for someone who had been told by Tesla support to shut down the powerwalls for 6 hours then restart. Shut off both feeder breakers and the PWs themselves. Restarted after 6 hours and could finally change my...

With respect to modifying reserve limits. I've started modifying it based on long term forecasts forecasts in anticipation of lower solar generation. I'm fortunate here in having an extremely reliable localized forecast. I'm very confident in the information for the last couple of years since my...

Hey wait. I know this one...AI can do it! Plenty of data out there train with.

I think you'll find several Tesla owners here in the US wanting to upgrade mirrors and headlights to European spec items. Unfortunately, we in the US are subject to the NHTSA rules that are pretty archaic and possibly subject to lobbying to forestall the kinds of improvements in headlights and...

Upgraded everything in my 2017 MS to Abstract Ocean units. I couldn't be happier. Much brighter lighting and easy to install. Puddle and door handle lights actually useful now too.

Just received my first true up with Powerwalls a few weeks ago. $7 + $135 in NBC. Better than 90% of car charging done at home. Woohoo! PG&E EV-A rate 4.1 kW solar 2 Powerwalls Model S90D If I'd needed validation for my decisions getting here I would have it now. Several folks in the...

Had a wild boar run across the road in front of me a few months back while on AP at ~55 mph. We were on a two lane road between towns. Probably about 300 pounds on the hoof. Not a peep out the Tesla. Luckily I saw it starting to come out of the brush and braked to a stop (little skid) about 15...

Good idea but I doubt we'll get to the point that Tesla (or anyone else) will support this kind of pre-fire safety event by allowing grid charging. I'm pretty sure that the CPUC controls that sort of thing "on behalf of the customers". Perhaps with enough feature requests to both Tesla and the...