Recent content by Jmolloy3

V4 additions?

Dang I could ride my bike there...

At least I have another EV I can use for a while...

I'm over 70k miles, so I assume I'm on my own (no warrantee). I can solder though!!!

Super curious what the country folks will do when the CT starts rolling out en-masse. It will destroy conventional trucks in nearly every metric with the sole exception of long distance hauling (for now). Unlike ford, gm, and rivian, Tesla will be able to truly ramp production too, which...

West TX keeps looking better and better.

I have the same issue. In my most recent case, the hwy was wide open and the car (3P) seemed to have room ahead in the turn lane and be slowing appropriately, so I let it do it's thing and it eventually pulled back out of the turn lane onto the main hwy. This seems to be a lot worse in FSD...

I've also been using AP/FSD for about 5 years. My 2018 3 came with EAP and I upgraded to HW3 and "FSD" in 2021. Overall I usually enjoy using it, mainly because it generally eliminates some of the commuting emotional drama (someone else is driving). However, I've noticed that FSD chronically...

Depends on where the crack is. Kind looks like it could be the intersection of the cowl, firewall and upper fender. Given the massive amount of "material redundancy" in these castings, I suspect that in the vast majority of cases, the casting-process-related cracks don't grow, which is...

I have to listen to garbage like this almost daily. The most recent being that EVs will bring down the grid.

A hot tear or hot crack is a manufacturing (casting) flaw. Flexing while driving could make it grow if it's big enough and/or in a high stress area.

Cast aluminum has some ductility. Less than stamped steel, I agree, but it's not guaranteed to crack. moreover, some of those cracks (depending on where they are present) will arrest. Consider the assembly of the spot welded stamped steel montage that comprises an inner fender. The total...

To me it looks like a hot tear/hot crack. This occurs during cast/cooling when the material is still semi-molten and weak, and the shrinkage stresses essentially pull the material apart. it's impossible to have a casting w/o some cast-related issues (shrinkage porosity, gas porosity, hot...

Yeah, me too. My son is a student (senior BSME) at LeTourneau, so it's been painful to rely on Lindale SC and whatever L2 charging we can scrounge in Longview. Places like this remind me that EVs (even Tesla) are not mainstream vehicles yet. We need a staggeringly larger amount of fast DC...

Sweet! thankyou! Looks to be coming online fast.