Recent content by arnyswart

Please note, I’m not saying that the engineers are idiots. Sometimes we can all get stuck in one type of thinking that it is hard to think outside the box. An aluminum battery is not as sustainable in terms of Teslas main goal. But you have to weigh up the use case of lugging around all the...

In answer to the question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium%E2%80%93air_battery Or https://www.electricbee.co/an-ev-battery-that-does-not-need-to-be-charged/#google_vignette Most people do not use anywhere near the capacity of the main rechargable battery. In the event of a road...

I don’t understand the range extension. You could easily use an aluminum battery which is non rechargeable but give 1000km/ or 625 miles of additional range which would solve the range problem. How often would you use it? Maybe once per year, but then the roadtrip ends up not needing a super...

So, now that Tesla is moving to hardware 4 it seems like our cars will not be upgradable. I note that full self upgrading can no longer be bought in my car but can be bought through the app. What are others thoughts?

The white looks amazing. However I have a good friend who does stain removal for a living. He saw I ordered black and his first words were thank G*d. He said to his wife, “he ordered the black”. And she said, I was worried he would be another one. Just saying, for long term the black is better...

Lol. Exactly right. Tesla service did just that and it was fixed.

I collected my car a week ago and the frunk now is chipped. I don’t know how it happened. Anyone have any ideas?

I took the ardous task of reading the manual: Model Y has one of the most sophisticated battery systems in the world. The most important way to preserve the high voltage Battery is to LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE PLUGGED IN when you are not using it. This is particularly important if you are not planning...

I have asked for a service appointment, but Tesla service is more than an hour away. It works if I put the temperature down to 18 degrees celcius. But in all of my old cars it was at 23. I still need to leave it in the sun to heat up to test it again. I will leave the service appt and drive...

Hi. I picked up my Model Y yesterday. I love the car. The air conditioning does blow some cold air, but the car could not actually get cold after 20 min of driving. Do you think I need to regas it? What should I do?

I got SMS on Tuesday and it is now on the registry (Saturday). Expecting text Monday.

I have a weird question. I was at the crocodile restaurant near Australia Zoo last night. There were three Teslas there but it seemed like none of them had their model number on the back. Some also had the dual motor on them but I have seen this for sale on Aliexpress. Without a comparison...