Recent content by Dbitter1

Erm, not really "a bit", but I digress. Capacity - up to ~35KW (math shown above) - isn't the problem. I'd even say a higher (but rational, like $1/2K) price isn't a problem, for selected customer profiles. But I /want/ a Tesla endorsed solution, with some electrical/battery engineer way smarter...

Yeah, if we could do DC charging it would take out most of the problem- we'd be clear on pretty much any [newer] model up to 250KW. That's fast enough. The problem is finding a single phase (input) DC charging unit... anything I've found, supercharger or otherwise, needs a 3Ph source. I [am...

Well, an optimist would say that years ago, a 600+KWH battery would never exist, nor need to be charged in < 2 days* if it did. Now remember, there's two parts to this: the AC/DC converter, and the charger itself. If the Semi has multiple batteries with multiple charge paths (4x250KW DC...

To add my stats to the discussion, I, too, have a pretty noticeable vibration at the start of most (but not all) of my drives. I actually feel it in the pedals more than the steering column. Seems like the first time it gets above ~20MPH; lasts till the first hard brake (e.g. a stoplight). Then...

I ordered a plaid last week... right after I did, I got a message in the app to go to my account to agree to some contract or something. The verbiage basically said it was a US-less vehicle, and stuff like autopark may not work until a future firmware update. Estimated delivery prior to 3/31 (at...

So it looks like my HPWC gave up the ghost. It completed its last charge successfully, no lightning storms/surges that I know of since then, and the mobile charger works like a charm so not thinking it is the car. Tried resetting, cutting power, etc, to no avail. I'm going to guess that last...

Is anyone still having this issue? I get "your login is blocked", even WITH the create-account trick (yay, no captcha!). I can sign in from a browser (e.g. on a laptop/computer) just fine, so pretty sure it isn't JUST my login credentials.

So I have a question for @Akikiki and others with a more "vintage" model. Boring Background: I'm getting a bit sad the proverbial Shark is close, or Tesla has jumped it. I was going to upgrade my P85DL to a Plaid+, mostly for battery size. While there is certainly value, more for some than...

OMG I thought it was $1500 still... ouch. And on the "time to upgrade firmware" I got a similar line... Sigh... wonder what all the new (e.g. no-analog-control) folks will think of their purchase in six years when they can't even shift because their touchscreen is cracked and it will be $5K...

Responding to my own post (sigh) this is interesting... maybe the criteria by which they judge? https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10186276-9999.pdf I love the reference to “MCU_w031_cidSquashfsError" ... nice to know others in the industry choose such honesty in creating cover-up...

Uhm @WhiteWi that's kind of the point of this thread... they are replacing SOME of the chips. Not all of them (e.g. mine, and I assume I am not alone). I'm not asking for free MCU2, but I am asking for all the safety features [the MCU controls] to work that I paid six figures for. You know the...

So got my official recall notice that parts are available, and I should proceed with scheduling my eMMC replacement for MCU1. So, do so, drop it off... At the end of the day, service notes say to the effect "does not need replacement at this time... check back later to see if eMMC has reached...

@brkaus I have no doubt in the Tesla world that what one person says is possible, really isn't. This was last month from my local SC- they swear they could pull it off. They seemed more surprised anyone still had a Gen 1 charger and could use it if they did it.

My SC told me that you could still install dual chargers on a new Model S "off the menu", assuming you had a Gen 1 HPWC to use the second (or at least the remainder of the 80A). There's probably a way (or will be a way) to make it happen with the larger models like the CT as well. There have...

Or one day, probably a day or two after I get a Plaid delivered, Elon will switch *ALL* Model S's to the new battery construction, and get a huge jump in range. Look for want ads in the papers looking for Nelson Muntz impersonators, as they'll be needed to go around to all the new suckers...