Recent content by camalaio

Maps are Google but the actual routing is not. It's a vendored and tweaked product to my understanding. The nav routing is definitely not good in comparison to any other common offering, but a service center won't be able to do anything to "fix" it.

Sorry, my bad for not explaining more. I'm not saying there's a driving scenario in which it'll pull 3.5kW, but there's plenty of ways it can use less than 2kW. That will also depend on driving conditions, especially city driving vs. highway. I'm just saying a flat 2kW burn is only one of many...

I'll be able to get you an answer this week probably! This'll be an expensive experiment. For those temperatures, the cabin is comfortable enough in 5 minutes, toasty in 10. But for the battery, my early guess is it would take over an hour, but there are variables. I'll expand. First, AWD vs...

#3 is the obvious recommendation from the outside, especially if convenient. This problem is only going to get worse as the battery approaches 10-15% capacity loss, so better to build the preventative habits now so you don't get stranded. You may need to start charging to 95% in the colder...

Near the phone charging cradle, where a passenger might accidentally hit the button when placing/removing a phone...

Your post made me think of it, I just realised Tesla is also partly responsible for the rhetoric on the car being "more efficient" when warm. It's in their marketing materials currently for sure (they advocate to precondition for a more efficient drive... technically true and incredibly...

If it's a pretty quiet hum, it's probably just the coolant pumps. Basically, these run whenever the car is awake (as basically anything needing cooling, including the main computers, are liquid cooled). Your car can be awake for a very long list of reasons. For example, you noted the interior...

I should probably add: Yeah, maybe they're just doing this to drum up discussion. But at least for me, that has backfired. I trust Tesla less than ever before on making a car designed for humans, and in my mind they have made things very clear. I am not their intended customer, and they want me...

No, I never want this in Model 3. Less because of the wheel, more because of the lack of stalks and replacement with touch buttons. Model 3 pushed the limits of what was acceptable to remove for basic physical driver controls. The touchscreen wiper controls are objectively not a good idea, but...

Car standby and battery heating are absolutely not peanuts in the grand scheme, especially for short commuters. But that's why I needed to know if OP lives somewhere cold-ish and such. Having a short commute while living someplace with a "cold" winter can easily double energy usage compared to...

It's not the new octovalve's fault actually. It's the thermal mass of that 1000lb battery - it takes a LOT of energy just to raise it a few degrees. You usually need it at/above 20C (68F) for close to full regen. The new heat pump system in the Model Y or the 2021 Model 3s doesn't really help do...

This. But... I think a lot of people get misled into thinking it costs nearly nothing to charge an EV compared to gas. That rhetoric runs wild on these forums too, which is weird since residents of the US are the primary forum members here and they have really cheap gas but I digress. @kadify...

I somewhat admire you folks who feel the need to wipe down their car after every drive. In SoCal, where I presume there's hardly any dirt on the road to begin with! And here I thought I was treating ours nice when I gave it weekly washes! You may find it beneficial to listen to those folks who...

@MarsOrBust in addition to the above link I'm happy to do and explain the math for you given the following details: Average summer high/low temps Average winter high/low temps Whether your car will be parked outside or not If parked inside, a sense of how insulated it is Details of your...

It matters sort of like lifetime MPG or L/100km would, but in very different ways to the point that it would be misleading to make any statement from the number. A high Wh/mi Model 3 could indicate that the owner tends to not precondition the cabin. Since the meters (including the "Lifetime"...