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I've put about 12K Km (~7000 miles) on them and they're fine so far.

Walmart as well. I could have purchased and had them installed in the US, but that would have been during our yearly drive to SE Arizona, and I wanted them installed at least a week before we headed south in case there was any issues with the tires. Having them installed enroute would have...

You should check US prices for the tires, not Cdn prices converted to USD.

CATL primer on battery life:

I get about 72% of EPA when cruising on the Freeway at ~80mph (130kph). When cruising at 60mph (~100kph) I get the EPA combined range.

Thanks! I hope it hasn't been cancelled. It's a nice location for a meal. OTOH, the EA station at the Chevron, about a mile west, is quite reliable, and the Ultium station at the Lordsburg FlyingJ is nearly complete.

Sentry mode will use about 3-5% per night, IIRC. Some apartment complexes that have exterior AC outlets in their parking lots, will let you charge using the outlets, as long as you pay for the power used. Your car will report the amount of power received. I charge my model 3 in our apartment...

Your car will be fine. However, you should turn off sentry mode, and don't precondition the cabin to minimize power consumption when the car is parked. Also a simple exterior AC outlet makes a perfectly fine charging station for someone with your driving needs.

This seems reasonable but the connector (plug) might be an issue: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/2023-China-Wallbox-DC-EV-Charger_1600862420462.html

You can hear his statements starting at 37:50.

He states that there is a top buffer so 100% indicated SOC is actually about 95% true SOC and while holding the battery at a true 100% for many days in high temperatures would be problematic, charging to 100% briefly is not, and is required to balance the cells and give the BMS an accurate...

12a x 120v = ~1.4kwh* - (charging losses + car overhead ) = ~1.1kwh into the battery or about 7km of displayed range/hr. Reducing the amps to 11 reduces kwh by about 8% to about 6.5km/hr of displayed range. * theoretically 1.44kwh but IME I seldom ever get 120v with somewhere between 115-119...

80% is the NEMA 5-15 recommendation (for the outlet and a 15amp breaker) but the manufacturers may cut some corners on the assumption that the load will be a hour or so, I know from experience that NEMA 5-15 outlets can get quite hot if the pulling 12amps for ~10+ hours. I'd rather pull 11amps...

We have to face the fact that Elon spent $44 billion to buy Twitter via a late night tweet. Everyone, and I mean everyone, knew that this was the way to take at least 1/2 of that $44 billion, put it in a pile and burn it. Buying Twitter at that price was not a rational decision and his...

The previous reply should address all your concerns. When I charge from a 120v outlet, I typically lower the charging current from 12amps to 11amps for a NEMA 5-15 outlet and from 16amps to 15 or 14 for a NEMA 5-20 outlet (you'll need the correct adapter plug for your TMC for a NEMA 5-20...

IIRC, you can update your current appt via the app, by stating that you also have charge port issues.

Probably best to have the service centre look at it...assuming they haven't all been laid off.

It hasn't re-occurred but I'm keeping an eye on it.

Some of the early batch have a defective locking pin:

I was just curious as to what the car was currently reporting.

IIRC, the car will report that it is FSD capable. Does your's state that?

The NYT takes a look at the situation: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/04/business/energy-environment/tesla-electric-vehicles-supercharger.html (BTW, you can read a number of articles for free by signing up to the NYT and they had (maybe still have a 6 month sub for $1)

Geez... Q: what percentage of cars on the road in North America are EVs? Answer: about 1%! Currently new EV registrations are running at about 5%. We're nowhere near the required number of DCFCs needed to service the increase in EV registrations and the increasing % of EV adoption. If...

Roswell has 4 x CP120KW CCS1 posts and 2 x more CCS1 posts (and at least 2 x Chaedemo) via Francis Energy. Maybe try and find a Chaedemo to Tesla adapter.

The plot thickens:

'Quality Is Going To Deteriorate': Laid-Off Tesla Employees On Superchargers' Future Now-former Tesla employees tell InsideEVs about the chaos at the company, and why they worry about Supercharger quality and uptime https://insideevs.com/news/718132/tesla-laid-off-employee-interview/

I've charged there on a week day, during a week that included Thanksgiving and the site was at over 50% capacity. The I-10 corridor from LA to Phoenix is a very popular route for EVs. The thing is that its much cheaper, per charging post, to put in lots of posts. During the same drive, we...

Federal funding was put on the table to convince Tesla to open up the SC network. The owner of another EV brand vehicle tries to DCFC at non-Tesla networks and has mixed results in terms of reliability and pricing...the same person goes to a SC station and get prompt charging at a competitive...

They are in the Nav, but navigating to one will not cause the car to precondition the battery on-route.

There's a number of CCS1 DCFC stations near Clayton NM: I keep my CCS1 adapter in my car at all times.

Yeah, it sure does! We're talking about ~550 sites/year and each site requires a blizzard of planning, permitting, and ordering to get it up and running and each site has to be planned months in advance.

Real world data seems to indicate that calendar aging is, by far, the predominant factor. see post 1403.

According to a video released by a Tesla SC installation contractor regional Tesla employee south-eastern SC site selection/install team was laid off in the initial 10% staff cuts and their workload transferred to the 500 Tesla staff headquarters team, and they in turn were all terminated on...

Kyle Conner gives some insights:

The NYT's take on this: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/business/tesla-layoffs-supercharger-team.html It's a very interesting read and it highlights the effects on the entire EV industry, including the subcontractors who were tasked with installing all the planned SC stations.

I bought my 2022 M3 when and because the CCS1 adapter became available as I didn't want to rely solely on the Tesla SC network. I actually think that other EV manufacturers adopting the NACS standard was a mistake as it deprived the existing CCS1 charging networks of future capital investment...

Most of the range loss is due to calendar aging. What's the build date on your M3? Also does it have 18 or 19in wheels?

Unfortunately, I didn't press the Teslacam record button and lost the video.

Dirty Tesla demonstrates FSD(S) vs various objects:

So there's insufficient space in the panel or insufficient capacity? What amperage is the main breaker? It might be cheaper to just put in a larger panel. If the panel has room for another 120v breaker you could add a 20amp 120v breaker use that to feed a NEMA 5-20 outlet which would allow...

Willcox AZ SC is a V2. I've charged there several times and I've never had to wait and I typically get ~140kw when arriving with a low SOC. Apparently a very busy stop recently due to eclipse travel.

There's reliable CCS1 charging in Lordsburg and Globe.

Yesterday the charge port door opened by itself when the car was locked and parked in the rain, with mirrors folded. Sentry Mode detected no activity near the vehicle.

I checked the USB drive and that period of time was overwritten. Darn!

Today we were driving west on Bakerview in Bellingham WA with FSD engaged. The car in front of us swerved to avoid an object on the road; I recognized the object to be a small, empty, paper bag as it easily moved from the breeze from the car in front. I briefly considered taking over from FSD...

Does the 2021 SR+ have an LFP HV battery? The LFP battery can be charged to 100% daily vs a recommended 80% for the 2019LR. This means that the difference in range may be minimal on a day to day basis. The 2021 should be more efficient and it may have some remaining warranty. and if so, is the...

We just finished a ~30 mile/50km drive in the rain and the car drove us to our destination with no interventions except for me choosing a slightly alternate route for part of the drive. The car negotiated 4 roundabouts and multiple intersections and lane changes.

Tesla MCs all come with a 14-50 adapter plug and most Tesla owners will have one and many non-Tesla EV owners will have a 14-50 compatible EVSE, Providing a 14-50 plug will do double duty for most EV and RV owners.

Four days and 2200+ miles with FSDS (Portal AZ to Morro Bay CA to Ferndale WA). I received FSDS on April 1. I had some previous experience with FSD 11.4.X via a friend's MY. Overall: FSDS was very helpful but occasionally very annoying. It never felt unsafe but I have to admit that using it...