Recent content by Hexo09

Range is a result of battery size x efficiency. Comparing gas tank sizes would be the equivalent of comparing battery size, without taking into account efficiency (ie mpg or kw/mi). So range is a good thing to look at while technology is what it currently is.

As technology improves, we will inevitably reach 400 or 500 miles of range (or more). When? No idea, but it’s going to come. Smartphone and laptop batteries get better and last longer every year, why wouldn’t EV batteries do the same? If anything, higher ranges and faster charging times are a...

@CaseyL hit it on the head, it’s normal, usually it will go up or down one or 2 percent once it goes to sleep and does whatever it does, especially after a charging session. I even remember it going up 3% once after I charged at a destination charger and then left it unplugged overnight. If...

L2 chargers in a mall parking lot rarely get used for people who NEED a charge. The OP did nothing wrong, free L2 is free and is up for grab, nothing wrong with that. Everyone wants something free, they just got annoyed because you were there first.

It’s kind of the same story as being over speed limit, not having front plate, having darker tints… it’s rare to get dinged for it, but when you do, it hurts! I have my stickers, I only have had one on for the past 6 months, the other ones and the paperwork in the glovebox. Hoping to just get a...

3 weeks is not an issue. Turn off sentry mode and you’ll be fine. If you turn off AC overheat protection you’ll lose about 1%/week (I know because of a couple of COVID quarantines and don’t charge at home). If you leave it on, you might lose 1%/day. Either way, not an issue at all.

I’d be outraged if I didn’t expect a whole bunch of other changes in their products/subscriptions/price increases to boost profit and make their shareholders happy in the next 8 years. By then “just paying” for the map won’t feel so bad when new cars get sold with windshield wiper tank sold as...

I’m very familiar with many urban areas, not only in the US, but in Europe as well (where I grew up). What you say is simply false. The gas station model can’t die, unless there are chargers in every public parking location. Which brings us back to longer range = less of an issue when going to...

Again, you’re assuming that everyone has access to garages. A lot of people park on the street where they live. Fast charging has to be the solution for widespread adoption of EVs, unless cities start putting chargers next to parking meters on the curb, like we see in some of those very...

This assumes that everyone has a garage/driveway to charge overnight, or can charge at work. Truly widespread adoption of EVs, in my opinion, goes through either longer ranges (it makes a world of difference to only have to go supercharge once every couple of weeks instead of once a week, if you...

Who will take advantage of “a million miles”? Most people get new cars after 5-6 years anyway, and at the speed battery and EV technology in general, is improving at this time, most people won’t see the difference between 4680 and current tech, as they’ll get a new car with newer battery tech...

I think that the bottom line here is that Tesla will keep increasing prices and removing things as long as people are ready to pay for their cars. Like many companies before, they are shamelessly using a crisis (here the supply chain issues and the gas prices) to make permanent changes that will...

Thanks for sending this! I missed it before seeing the following post. I guess my question is: if you use 15% a day, but you charge every day back to 80%, doesn’t that increase the number of cycles, essentially balancing out the other aspect? Meaning if you charge back from 65 to 80 every day...

Just saying “because Tesla said so” doesn’t answer my question though. There must be some kind of scientific reason, or at least empiric proof of that, right? Unless we’re just supposed to take Tesla’s word as gospel, in which case I must be missing all the Cybertrucks delivered in 2021 in the...

Why is that? There are thousands of EV owners (whether they charge at home or not) that only charge when they need to. I personally only charge at work and charge once every few days. Haven’t noticed any degradation beyond what everyone gets. Wondering if there is scientific proof that the...