I just stumbled across a YouTube video with Tesla discussing the benefits of Powerwall 3 for installers. They had this slide showing that they are working on 3 phase!



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There is lots of other good technical content in the presentation too.

To qualify myself, I’ve had my M3LR for 3 months now. Although I have “planned” several trips, I have made no trips outside of the local area. I am retired, and honestly don’t drive all that much. My drives are typically shorter distance, primarily on surface streets, and I’ve never had to charge anywhere but at home on a new 50 amp circuiting a Mobile Charger. We originally planned to use our other car for longer rides outside of our comfort zone, so I never even thought about the intricacies of battery usage, charging stats, or route planning. It turns out that that I need to reconsider that decision because I enjoy driving the Tesla much more than I expected.

What I think I’ve learned after trying to understand range, battery use, and charging rates is that there are a ton of variables in every trip (speed, weather, temperature, terrain, etc), and not all planners account for these variables on their own. This puts some of the planning in my court, which is OK with me if I can figure out how to use all of the stats that are available, and how each of these are impacted by the variables I mentioned above. I’m not yet comfortable that I understand these stats and variables, let alone how to apply them. As a result, I have almost zero confidence to start an extended trip. The definition of range anxiety, right?

Please understand that I’m not complaining about the inconvenience of driving an electric car! I expected a steep learning curve, and I haven't been disappointed. I just didn’t understand how hard it was going to be to learn this stuff. I’m trying to alleviate my range anxiety with knowledge, but I can’t seem to find out how/where to get a good feel for this. I've been in Tech Support for a very long time and I'm not afraid to learn new things as long as I can find the information. At. this point, even a round trip to my favorite restaurant in the mountains 90 miles away is a concern due to the huge elevation change (plus 5000 on the way up, and again on the way down), potentially cold weather, and higher speeds. Which reminds me! Does the native route planner account for 2 factors in the plan? I think ABRP does, but it’s not clear to me how or if the 2 apps can work together

Am I overthinking the whole thing?

Yup, another one of those threads. What say you? Totaled or fixable?

It is amazing that anyone is buying a Highland 3 now since later this year it could qualify for the $7500 credit. Pretty big resale hit.

I finally had some decent weather to remove the rear "T" logo and the "Dual Motor" badge. I replaced them with the T E S L A logo in black. Very stealth. I'm also trying to order the official 1694512-00-D part from Tesla. Thoughts? 2022 Model 3 Long Range

Anybody who had/has a 3P got any comparative comments against the Highland AWD (not RWD), specifically performance and handling.

I bought my MY LR 2023 on December 1, the car gave a message of electrical failure and only less than 2 minutes to park safely, luckily I was on a local road. The car got towed to the Tesla service center and they discovered that the front inverter had too much current running through which caused the fuse to blow they replaced the inverter. Even though I was frustrated I understood that this can happen to any car even though I have not experienced this with other ICE cars. I drove another 2 months and the same thing happened last Friday, with only a minute to drive the car to a safe location. The car is towed to the local service center. I am looking for some advice and help here. I am a Tesla superfan, but this experience has shattered my confidence in the product. The worst is the safety issue, if this happens on an interstate and I only have 2 minutes to drive to safety not sure I can do that. I am terrified to drive this vehicle on the interstate. I want to know what are my options, I would like Tesla to replace this car as it seems like a faulty vehicle, I have reported the safety concern to NHSA. I am trying to find a Tesla support number where I can talk to someone personally but the only number I have is 1-877-7983752, where I can't get hold of a human and it's all automated responses. Do I need to engage a lawyer? I am just lost and don't know how to proceed forwardsAlso, for all Tesla fanboys who wanted to bash me for my first post complaining about problems with Tesla, save yourself for another thread. I am reporting to seek help and make others aware of the quality issues with Tesla vehicles.

Hi, I’m wondering how long the warranty last on a Tesla model s 75d 2018. I’m interested in a used 2018 with already has 260k miles. Price is 19.000 euro’s

Hallo! Kreeg op de zoekfunctie (ook in de Thread "Thuis opladen") geen antwoord, en gek genoeg ook helemaal niets op Google (alsof ik de enige ben), dus wellicht dat iemand hier verstand van heeft:

Stel; je hebt een auto op de zaak (in dit geval als DGA op je eigen beheermaatschappij, je rijdt in de bijtelling dus privé en zakelijke km's) en je wilt thuis een EV-lader installeren (op kosten van de beheermaatschappij). Zoals ik het begrijp kan je dan maandelijks de daadwerkelijk gemaakte kosten declareren bij 'de werkgever' (in dit geval de holding), zie ook Hoe belast ik EV-thuislaadkosten door naar mijn werkgever?.

Situatie:

• Auto eigendom van beheermaatschappij
• EV-paal installatie op kosten beheermaatschappij geïnstalleerd bij huis met eigen kwh-meter en exportfunctie
• Thuis een dynamisch energiecontract met eigen zonnepanelen

Toen borrelden bij mij de volgende vragen naar boven:

1. Hoe werkt dit als je een dynamisch energiecontract hebt? Moet je dan echt per uur gaan kijken wat de daadwerkelijke afname was en dit gaan vermenigvuldigen met het dynamische uurtarief?
2. Ga je dan ook andersom geld betalen aan je beheermaatschappij als het tarief negatief is (zou natuurlijk van de zotte zijn) en hoe kan je dit praktisch inregelen zonder je eigen webapplicatie te bouwen?
3. Zou je ook een forfaitair bedrag kunnen aanhouden o.i.d. of dat je zelf een gemiddelde uitrekent aan het eind van de maand? En natuurlijk wil je dat je zonnepanelen niet afdoen aan het gemiddelde energietarief want daar heb je notabene zelf in geinvesteerd, dus kan je in deze som evt. je eigen solarverbruik eraf trekken en alleen naar netafname-kosten kijken als baseline?

Het liefst zou ik als ondernemer natuurlijk de meest voordelige situatie opzoeken waarin ik de stroom minimaal 1:1 gedeclareerd krijg en waarbij mijn investering in zonnepanelen niet in deze vergoeding snijdt (we betalen al genoeg belastingen he, zeker als ondernemer).

Ben heel benieuwd of iemand hier antwoord op heeft

A RWD/long range matched-trip energy efficiency/range comparison. Will probably help sell some RWD versions with his enthusiasm for the Model 3. Never mind the RWD qualifying for EV rebate (here in WA) while the LR doesn't.

Of course, some of us still went for the LR version after a decent head/heart/wallet tussle

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I was hoping to look at something that happened yesterday, but can only find clips relating to part of my journey today. The start of the journey is also missing.

I had hoped that it would just keep storing video data until the USB stick was full and then start to overwrite but this isn't the case (for me).

Putting the USB stick into a windows computer shows there is plenty of space on it.

The Dashcam is set for automatic.

Am i doing something wrong, or have i mis-understood its operation.

I am complete newbie when it comes to electricity, but keen learner. I just bought a mobile charger for my yet to be delivered model Y. I tried plugging it into those double socket and it comes up with 5 blinking lights on letter T. Any ideas why ?

Anyone know how to configure the auto windscreen wipers?

We’ve had a new Model 3 for 2 weeks now and love most things about it. However, the auto wiper function is horrendous and never seems to wipe when I need or expect it to.

Does anyone know how to adjust the settings/sensitivity beyond what is on the touchscreen? I would have thought that there will be some config settings buried in the software where we could adjust this and get it right.

Just exploring the system and finding out what interfaces are exposed, but any suggestions welcomed!

I have a 2023 Model Y, LR 5-seat, Black w/ 20”, FSD, 10k miles, perfect condition

Checked Tesla trade in value and they’re offering $40k

A brand new 2024 inventory MY is $40k after the instant $7.5k discount. Only difference is 19” wheels. Would do FSD transfer.

I think it’s a no brainer - more valuable in the future, extra warranty, etc. No taxes since new car is technically $0.

I contacted Tesla and they said they don’t care about wheel size in the trade in values (they only ask for mileage and condition)

Some questions:

1. Is their trade in estimate accurate? Car is in perfect condition. I don’t want to go through the hassle and them low ball me.
2. Would they allow me to swap my 20” wheels and tires on my old car with the newly purchased car, and trade in my 2023 with the new 19” wheels and tires?
3. Anything else I’m missing that might cost me $$?

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Marco found plans for another Northern Ohio Supercharger!
Starbucks
32435 Cook Rd
North Ridgeville, OH 44039

This will be nice on the drive between Cedar Point and Carroll county (during Winter Chill Out it can be tough making the drive without a stop.)




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Hi all,

I'm considering buying a tesla and I live in a condo building with potential access to level one charging. I'm going to talk to my management company about using the outlet by my parking spot, but before I do that I want to clarify one detail...

My parking spot is in the bottom of an underground parking structure with no access to network/wifi. If I park my car and plug it in the outlet, can I control when the car charges without use of the Tesla app? I want to tell the management company that I will set the car to only charge during the lowest electricity hours, but I understand that without the Tesla app I might be limited to what I can control. I assume I can set a charging window in my car and it will only charge during that window, and plugging it in underground will be fine. I just won't be able to review the charging state of my car through the mobile app.

Thanks

What parameters are reasonable to enter into settings for buy/sell behavior?
I’m not necessarily looking to maximize return but rather avoid blocking buy/sell with matching amounts for buy/sell.
Image shows current setting: my TOU rates, and my buy/sell parameters, all match.
Is this a reasonable setup?
Or am I canceling out any buy/sell by making it match?

I was complaining to my wife about all the false, misleading, and negative articles about EVs, and she had a good response:

"More chargers for us."

For the last 4 years Tesla has had trouble keeping up with the demand for charging in California. On an average Saturday, one of the largest Supercharger stations in Southern California has a wait. 48 stalls and still a 5 min wait.

Okay sorry this is a little long. My wife’s just taken a trip from the north-west down to High Wycombe for the weekend. This is the first reasonable longer distance using superchargers we’ve travelled (MYLR). Although it’s still only 200 miles (normally trips are 140 miles and regularly executed consuming approx 50% give or take 5%). I Charged to 100% before she left and this got her all the way with 24% left. Reasonable but higher consumption than usual. There was no convenient charging at the destination so the car was parked up for a few nights. Initially made the mistake of leaving Sentry on and within 12 hours got a warning that it turned off because the battery got down to 20%. Returning to the car today it was down to 18%, a quick schedule of a trip home on the app suggested a stop in at Oxford services (18miles away) and then a further stop at Warrington for five minutes (why not just an extra 5 at Oxford?). This was then sent to the car. When the time came to select the sent route in the car and drive off (10min), it changed the routing to Uxbridge supercharger which was well out of the way, similar distance to Oxford? Leaving Uxbridge charger (which cost a £2 car park charge) once enough to resume the trip was on board it then decided to route to Warrington with an arrival charge of -10%. She didn’t notice and carried on with the journey, It was just lucky that I decided to check on the app where she was up to. I noticed an arrival at -10% the car was happily cruising up the M40 with a -10% arrival on the screen. I had to call her and get her to cancel the Nav on the fly then restart it, it then scheduled another stop at Hilton Park (10% remaining).

My points on all this:

1. When you arrive there is no guarantee you’ll have enough after a few nights to get to a decent fast charger. The Nav appears to aim to get you to the destination, if that’s with 5% left it’s up to you to check there’s a charger nearby.
2. The route you build on the phone app isn’t what you necessarily get, and it’s happy to send you 20 min out of your way (40 min round trip) to a pay car park. Even though there are 16 SC’s the same distance in your direction of travel- not great!
3. Appreciating that the aim is to get enough on board and then move on. It’s still doesn’t really seem sensible to make multiple stops to charge when the journey is only 200 miles and the range is supposed to be 300+. The full journey shouldn’t take more than 80%, although the trip down suggested pretty average economy.
4. All in all a bit of a mess really and confidence damaging for my wife. You really can’t just plumb in your destination and expect the car to work it all out. You need to put a lot of thought round it to make sure you’re not going to get stranded.
5. You need to sense check that it’s made its calculations correctly. The car was quite happy with a -10% arrival.

Not the seamless experience I expected.

Purchased a 2024 Model Y LR a couple weeks ago and Acceleration Boost is not showing as available in the Upgrades section of the car or app. Does Tesla no longer offer this?

Last night, walking out of a performance center to my Model Y charging at a free charger in a public parking garage, a retirement age lady asked me 'how long is it to charge your car?'. I wasn't ready for this question, and I gave an immediate true answer '4 miles per hour'. 'Too slow' she replied disapprovingly.

What would be the best approach to educate people on EV and EV charging in short conversations like this? You have one or two sentences to answer "How long does it take to charge your car?" question asked by someone who has zero none zilch concept of EV charging. What would you say?

Can powerwalls withstand the whole home heat treatment for extermination? My powerwall is installed on an exterior wall

One of my side mirrors completely shattered today after a car hit it with their side mirror and luckily it was only the glass that needs to be replaced. So I went into the app and booked a replacement and was given a scheduled date for the 29th of February! This is insane to me that I have to wait over 2 and a half weeks for something that would literally take 1 minute to fix. Is it possible to just take it to a Service Centre to get them to fix it up? The app forces me to use a mobile technician.

This made me think about the future of servicing... after seeing more and more Teslas on the road and having only 1 service center to facilitate the entire city, I can't imagine this situation getting any better in the future. Wait times for repairs are going to be insane, god forbid something more serious happens to the car such as a battery or charging issue.

My previous car was a BMW and I had a similar issue, and that was in and out of the dealer within a day. So suffice to say my first service experience with Tesla has been negative.

I got the approval to power on yesterday & I turned on the system and have been exploring.

I have 2 x 7.6kw inverters & 46 400 w panels installed by Tesla. When I log into the inverter I see String 2: Small voltage & no MCI detected.




Here is the wiring diagram





Looks like String 2 which has 20 panels on the right is not wired in correctly. Is this right? What is the process to bringing this to Tesla's attention is yes? Considering the dreaded customer service Tesla has, I 'm sweating on this issue.