Recent content by billarnett

After literally weeks of investigation by several guys from the utility (PG&E) I finally figured out what was wrong. There was a short between the input to my meter and the output from it to my breaker box. So some of the current from the utility was flowing directly to my house without being...

I noticed the same thing on Ryan Shaw’s YouTube review. I hope it’s just something temporary. The trip energy use estimation is my main tool for planning charging stops. I’ve always found it to be just slightly conservative but immensely useful. Tesla: please bring it back!!

I’m getting inconsistencies between what the Tesla app reports and what my utility’s meter reports for both power and energy use. Tesla’s numbers are consistently about 20-25% higher. The correlation is perfect at all power levels. I even went so far as to measure the current going in to the...

Having an option for off-road or street tires would be a very good thing. I would happily trade some 0-60 for better off-road traction. If I want to drag race on the street I’ll stick with my MS.

I assume the 16” clearance is with the suspension at its maximum height.

If this is true then the solar version would have an INFINITE range. You just have to be very patient :-)

Motor Trend says there's no hope of a 2-door version. There are pluses and minuses to a long wheelbase. But what really matters is the breakover angle. No specs given but it doesn't look good. Maybe bigger tires could help but not much I'm afraid.

I've been assuming that what you see in the pictures is not the real wheel, just a cover. That cover would be instantly destroyed by the first rock it encountered. Hopefully, one could just pop those covers off while airing down the tires at the trailhead. The tires, OTOH, look pretty good for...

Well, an H1 was pretty good in that respect. If the Cybertruck is anywhere close it will be great. I've had my lifted Wrangler on a side slope at an angle of 25 degrees and let me tell you that's really terrifying. I'm sure the Cybertruck will be able to do considerably better than that. I'm...

Where's the spare tire??? Going off-road without a full-size spare tire is insane.

The MotorTrend site claims they're 35s. If that's right it's probably possible to go up to 37s. That would be pretty good! https://www.motortrend.com/cars/tesla/cybertruck/2021/tesla-cybertruck-electric-pickup-photos-info It also claims that there's some sort of underneath protection. That's...

Agreed. Though the approach and departure angles aren't that great, either. Anyone have any idea how big the tires on the demo truck were? I looks to me like it might be possible to put slightly bigger tires on but not much. This is probably the biggest single thing that will make or break the...

I don’t think it will come anywhere near the H1 for serious rock crawling. It will be fine for the easy stuff. Might even manage the Rubicon Trail with an expert driver. But the approach and departure angles are not even as good as a stock Jeep Wrangler let alone an H1. And we don’t know how...

Does Chill mode simply reduce the max power when the pedal is all the way down or does it change the pedal-position vs power-output curve so that full power is still available when it's "floored"?

I noticed that in at least two cases (St. George UT and Flagstaff AZ) the map shows a future site but in fact there are ALREADY supercharger in those cities. WTF?