Recent content by CobaltLights

This showed up in my YT feed and is fascinating viewing. The channel belongs to a contracting firm that does Supercharger and Destination Charger installs. The speaker relates their experience amidst the Tesla reduction and what his firm will—and will not—do going forward. He also has insights...

I’d hate to think what would happen if Musk became even more unhinged and, say, took down functioning supercharger locations. Time for intervention by the Feds?

I found that going the tethering route for any period of time caused my iphone to heat up significantly. I’ve now had premium connectivity for two years and won’t relinquish it.

I might be in the minority, but, in the three years (and 12 2000-mile road trips) I’ve driven Tesla and even CCS vehicles, I’ve never had reason to use anything but DC fast chargers and J1772 connections. Go ahead and take a mobile connector for peace of mind, but don’t be surprised if it never...

I keep my ‘23 MY plugged in and cap charge level at 50%m which easily covers 90% of my needs.

Virtue signaling is as pervasive as the tipping ‘option’ on point-of-sale tablets—both are more ways for them to reach into your pockets.

Analysts are forecasting significantly higher prices ($4/gallon) at the pump this summer in the U.S. Are we likely to see electricity rates (and, more specifically, kWH Supercharger rates) track closely to those at the pump? Or will the disparity between DC charging rates and gas prices become...

This addresses a major charging desert along I-75 between the city of Detroit and Toledo.

So, if I’m hearing this correctly, Tesla is now able to perform POS credits? If so, this is huge.

Manhattan garages have a terrible reputation for bait and switch and pricing surprises. I would look on an independent reviews site (e.g., Google Maps) for what people say there.

Out of precaution, I just do not connect the charger to the charger port on the Tesla. I suspect that, if I turn off charging within the vehicle, it wouldn’t draw any current—but I’d rather than risk the inconvenience of a breaker getting tripped.

I’ve been using a very similar setup for several years with no issue. Using the splitter spares the 14-30 wall outlet the wear and tear of frequently unplugging the EVSE. I ended up using a passive splitter (RV Mate), which costs $50. I make sure to never keep the car plugged in when running the...

I have tried several pucks from Amazon and eBay, each purporting to be 20 mm, and neither came close to fitting. Feeling orphaned on this front adds to the disappointments I’ve experienced with my Austin 4680 AWD (the other being the abysmal DCFC charge curve).

I ended up finding the following item on eBay that’s listed with the .79“/20mm diameter. A similar item wasn’t available to ship until November, whereas this is available now. Crossing my fingers this works out...

Any recent experience with finding a compatible jack pad? I recently went to Costco for a rotation, but they refused on account of not having an appropriate pad themselves.