Recent content by DuncanM

Does the 2021 SR+ have an LFP HV battery? The LFP battery can be charged to 100% daily vs a recommended 80% for the 2019LR. This means that the difference in range may be minimal on a day to day basis. The 2021 should be more efficient and it may have some remaining warranty. and if so, is the...

We just finished a ~30 mile/50km drive in the rain and the car drove us to our destination with no interventions except for me choosing a slightly alternate route for part of the drive. The car negotiated 4 roundabouts and multiple intersections and lane changes.

Tesla MCs all come with a 14-50 adapter plug and most Tesla owners will have one and many non-Tesla EV owners will have a 14-50 compatible EVSE, Providing a 14-50 plug will do double duty for most EV and RV owners.

Four days and 2200+ miles with FSDS (Portal AZ to Morro Bay CA to Ferndale WA). I received FSDS on April 1. I had some previous experience with FSD 11.4.X via a friend's MY. Overall: FSDS was very helpful but occasionally very annoying. It never felt unsafe but I have to admit that using it...

Similar situation here: current drive is SE AZ to Morro Bay CA, and then up the coast of CA to BC, so lots of rain and wind, Overall FSDS is helpful and as I learn to use it as a driver's aid rather than actual 'full self driving' it is becoming very useful. Driving through San Francisco onto...

I learned here about a nifty work around to the FSDS vs AP or TACC dilemma: Create another driver profile by cloning your existing profile and turn off FSDS for the clone. You can switch profiles whilst driving and then use AP or TACC as desired,

Autosteer = lane centering plus TACC or IOW, Autopilot.

No indication of construction as of last Sunday. Good progress on the EVGO station at the FlyingJ and the EA station at the Lordsburg Chevron is very reliable.

What I dislike is that FSDS doesn't default to AP or TACC when disengaged. It sometimes makes inappropriate lane changes and if disengaged in the freeway the result is instant regen braking. The other bad thing is that it sometimes it reads the '55mph while towing' signs as the speed limit and...

If you mean navigation destination which activates battery preconditioning, then I expect you're correct. However, most DCFC charging stations, such as EA or EVGO are searchable in the nav system and can be selected as waypoints or destinations; they just won't activate battery preconditioning...

Full Self Driving (supervised) or FSDS, after 640 miles (1040km) of driving: It's quite useful on the Hwy and into town, especially due to it's ease in finding the exact destination. Can it actually drive the car without intervention by the driver? NO! In it's defense it hasn't made any really...

NEMA 5-15(12A/120V continuous) or NEMA 5-20 (16A/120V continuous) outlet? That depends. If the car is protected from wind it should charge on a NEMA 5-15, but will lose a few percent SOC during preconditioning. A NEMA 5-20 outlet can cope somewhat better and might still charge if the car is...

That remains to be seen! We'll be back in Canada in another week and I'll report back then...

Tesla pushed FSD to my Cdn registered car last night. We're currently in AZ.

FSD (Supervised) 1 month demo is free to Canadians when in the USA. I know because it was pushed to my M3 last night! I did a test drive this morning...