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    Tesla Supercharger network

    We took a drive from the Los Angeles area to Las Vegas on Sunday, returning on Tuesday. After charging in Barstow and downtown Las Vegas, I wanted to share some thoughts. - We arrived at the Barstow supercharger around 12:30 Sunday afternoon, with about 50 miles of range left. All four stalls...
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    Electricity Usage

    I checked with my financial advisor (my wife) and she asked - is the .09 price time sensitive? If so, did the car charge at the cheap rate time? - did he just change rate plans? If so, had the .09 rate taken effect yet? - with SCE, for example, we switched to a time sensitive rate...
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    How to plan a road trip - how long will it take?

    The car reported 70A for the HPC. - - - Updated - - - The car reported 40A; but I believe they always run at 80% of the rated circuit, so 80% of 50A is 40A. I presume that's all you'll get from a 12-50.
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    Model S Software/Firmware wishlist

    It'd be nice if... - the center console nav screen could display direction of travel - the driver's nav screen could be set out of 3D mode (some folks like 3D, some 2D-- why expose yourself to the debate?) - the media app could navigate an IPod/IPad - it's impractical (and illegal, in some...
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    How to plan a road trip - how long will it take?

    We got out Model S just over a week ago, and just drove from Seattle to Long Beach, CA. I used this primer to help plan the trip before we left. I carefully chose each charging station before we started the trip. What we found: - in the Washington -> Portland leg, we drove at traffic speeds...