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The Ford adapter is now available for order to current Ford EV owners at no cost. https://electrek.co/2024/02/29/ford-tesla-supercharger-adapter-now-available/

In a possibly related bug with 2022.40.4: After the car (2018 Model 3) locks when walking away, upon returning it does not unlock the rear trunk lid from outside, and the passenger and back doors do not unlock from outside. The driver's door does unlock. Pressing the screen inside does not...

After the last update I just drove the car for the first time. After going shopping, I walked up and attempted to open the rear trunk to load groceries - it failed to unlock. Opening the app did not solve the problem, but pressing the trunk picture in the app did work. Back in my garage I...

Try sending a bug report from the Tesla Support web page (at bottom): Customer and Product Support | Tesla Support

Assuming you are sheltering-in-place: I would find a level 2 charging station near a nice place to take a long walk (with social distancing). Do regularly as necessary to keep battery at 50-90% range (depending on how much charge you want in reserve). Consult Plugshare.com for locations near you.

Other US auto plants are closing: https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2020-03-18/ap-source-detroit-automakers-to-shut-down-factories Also VW: Volkswagen closes Chattanooga plant Monday due to coronavirus concerns

In addition to Tesla, GM, Ford, and FCA to close all factories according to AP.

GM/Toyota joint venture (1984-2010) built the plant now owned by Tesla in Fremont. There was also a Ford plant nearby. I expect other auto plants in the mid west and south to shut down soon.

You can report via the Tesla web site after you log on to your account. Go to Contact, then Support, then under "Can’t find what you are looking for?" press Contact Us button.

After checking pressures, drive for several hundred miles to let the tires break in.

Data? In winter ICEV's have significantly higher fossil fuel consumption, especially on short trips and urban driving. EV's also have much higher energy use, but unless I see data showing otherwise, I think EV's still have lower total energy use than ICEV's.

However the EV's get something like 100-130 MPGe compared to the ICEV's which get an average 24 MPG. So EV's are 4-5 times more efficient in converting fossil fuel to miles traveled. So regarding 'saving the climate', yes we are helping considerably more than 12.7%. Plus the more renewable...

You could go up to the 245/45-18 100V XL size; it is only 0.3" larger in diameter.

I don't think this is correct. Pushing down the accelerator to the neutral point on the energy bar would not use any more energy than going to neutral position with the shift lever. Moving the shift lever to neutral just turns off both regeneration and acceleration, but changes nothing...

Data? I typically see a majority of Prius drivers going much faster than the limit on freeways. Here is an interesting article about how speeds creep up significantly above the speed limit: E Is for Embolden but Also Encourage • Driving in the Real World®