Recent content by DITB

I would love to be able set the cruise control speed to exactly the number I want, like “Set speed to 53” or whatever

Any updates to a Tesla service centre coming to Anchorage? Any updates on charging infrastructure - what fast chargers are available in ANC (like ChaDeMo)?

In HK, it wasn't just "an incentive". Cars in HK cost over twice as much after taxes (in the higher end of the spectrum). From being totally exempt of FRT (the tax you pay the first time a car is registered), it's now only "a little cheaper". Tesla DID stock some, before the decision (they must...

Driving in Hong Kong vs Miami is quite a different culture. Hong Kong has just changed the FRT (First Registration Tax), so from now on, all EVs sold in HK are taxed heavily, as compared to no FRT tax at all until March 30th 2017. Sales will likely come to a halt, like it did in Denmark (similar...

Off the coast of Africa - judging from the map it seems like the GPS has a position of 0 degrees lat, 0 degrees long: Google Maps This is where 0 / 0 degrees is - the greenwich meridian meets equator. GPS antenna problem seems plausible. Could be as simple as a plug not being properly connected.

They can remove the end of your ChaDeMo that is connected to the charging station cable - but they can't unplug it from your car - until you unlock it. They would need your phone, or your fob. So remember to NOT forget your key fob in the car (and don't keep any spare fobs). Handles won't stay...

Update: These CLP chargers have had firmware updates, so they maximum run for 40 minutes. This goes for all three standards - CCS, ChaDeMo as well as AC. If you want to charge more, you don't have to unplug. Simply stop it (or wait for it to stop after 40 minutes), then click start again. I...

I suggest you have a look at this test I did on the CLP triple-standard charging station (AC-ChaDeMo-CCS) - it's over a year ago now (time flies), but still relevant: Hong Kong CLP (ABB) triple-standard combo charger tested (Jan 2016)

Agree with lx3h - it seems to work fine. The main issues are that some ChaDeMo stations have quite complicated menus, and some plugs need you to close a certain latch. As for the menu, if you are not very careful to select it the right way, charging won't start. On the plug-and-play scale, many...

So that means NOT an entirely new Tesla, but a mod. That could possibly be an acceptable solution until (if ever) Tesla decides to make an estate. No matter how much some people hates estates (wagons, whatever), they can't ignore that other people DO want them. If we want EVs to take over from...

I AM talking about a retrofit. If at all possible. Either by Tesla themselves, or third party. Order a new hatch, in a different shape - with the same color as the car. An optimum solution would be a real station wagon, but in lack of better, such a hatch would be the next best thing. Shooting...

I must admit I don't know what the recent Vette looks like. But yes, something like that BUT not "bolt on top" but rather "replace". Take away the rear hatch and replace it with one that would make it into a station wagon.

Tesla Model S as station wagon: Could the rear hatch be removed and a custom one made - which has the shape to make the car into a station wagon? Lights, license plate and some sensors - what else is in the hatch? As in third party offering (of course, most likely no warranty from Tesla then...

OK, here is a little history lesson, with certain highlights from the last years: I put my own deposit down in December 2012, but eventually had to wait 21 months for my (non-signature) Model S right hand drive delivery on September 23rd, 2014. Tesla has their own calendar which doesn't always...

In charged.hk we are working with government on issues like charging infrastructure, FRT EV exemption and more. Feel free to join - memberships start at "free" (associate), while normal memberships are 200 HKD / year. We are totally non-profit, charitable status, just a bunch of us trying to...