Recent content by JoeS

I've been fascinated by the EV6's two-paddle regen and HUD, and would welcome your comments about both.

Regen paddles, zero regen setting (for highway hypermiling), HUD, and charge port on right rear (for US curbside charging access and short charging cable in home garage) are features of the Ioniq 5 that I find attractive.

Simple: take spouse + kids (or kid seats) + dogs + 29er (bike, not boat) to a Tesla showroom and try it!

Thank you for this reminder. Normally the key is indeed stored far from the car, but I had forgotten to take it out of my cargo pants and had been doing a lot of work in the garage. I'll take the cover off the car, reboot it, ensure everything is off, and stow the key. Thanks.

2020.48.37.1 early VIN Model S85, upgraded MCU1, in garage 50°F, float charger attached to 12v battery (been doing that for years and 12v is still great), display Energy Saver ON and Always Connected OFF. Car had been quietly asleep for months with zero power draw, but after a couple of drives...

cab, sorry to hear. If it were the dc-dc then when you turn the car on (just by entering it) I would expect the 12v battery voltage to keep dropping as the car's active 12v load would be greater. If the battery voltage goes up, then there is perhaps a different problem? My MS85 is used...

Whenever the car is ON the dc-dc converter charges the 12v battery at 14.4v, at room ambient temperatures. Trouble is, as soon as the car turns OFF, its vampire load is significant (I measure 1.25A on my 2013MS85) and pulls down the 12v battery, easily below 12.5vdc. Without any load, the AGM...

For me, left doesn't matter as the car is only used for long trips and I always have Nav enabled, which overrides everything. On the right I have all four Trips enabled, with Trip B = Lifetime and Trip A being cumulative for whatever long-distance trip we're taking. To me, the most important...

Used pre-AP MS85 (to supplement my family's two i-MiEVs) as the only viable long-distance BEV, replacing our Gen1 Honda Insight (77mpg lifetime). Used exclusively for long trips and almost never driven locally. Since purchase, criss-crossed the US and Canada from the SF Bay Area (Key West, Nova...

Thank you. I, too, hope that Tesla has been listening to the many astute comments regarding the v.9 UI issues and comes out with an elegant v.10. Meanwhile, I'm still hanging in there with v.8.

Tomas, thank you for posting this. I have a 2013 S 85 that is only used for seriously-long (cross-country) trips; the rest of the time it sits in my garage as I consider this car way too big for in-town driving. It can sit unused for many weeks at a time, and thus the vampire drain has been a...

As the owner of a pre-AP 2013 Model S85 running v.2018.34, I still haven't installed v.9. My Tesla is used exclusively for very long trips, racking up >25Kmiles/year. Could someone please spell out the applicable improvements and their advantages for my Classic that would induce me to 'upgrade'...

Having now made three extensive trips to Canada from the SF Bay Area in my MS85 where daily CHAdeMO sessions kept us going up there, I can't imagine anyone in Canada getting a Model 3 without having CHAdeMO as their backup at this point in history. Great to hear that Tesla is working on it...

Well, I talked a friend into getting a Model 3 and they're coming down from the Sierras on their first longer trip in November for a luncheon meeting, with the San Jose Coleman Avenue SuperCharger being ideally located for all parties ... BUT, every time I've checked it's been full! Is there an...

I counted 39 stalls. Notified PlugShare to code this location as "Tesla Supercharger" and not "Tesla" as presently shown. During holiday shopping frenzy, access to this top floor may take some time. What a great spot to cover with solar panels, as this location is sure exposed.