Recent content by John Vig

I spoke to a Tesla salesperson this afternoon. The S Long Range will start shipping in September, said he. He also told me how to get the estimated trade-in for my 2014 Model S. Go to the Menu in the upper right corner of the home page and select Trade-in. When I did, the VIN and mileage...

The max fan speed is 8 when the Range Mode is ON. It is 11 when the range mode is off. At 8, on a cold winter day, the speed of heating the car is inadequate. Tesla service told me to turn off the Range Mode to get the higher fan speed - at the cost of poorer "fuel economy." In the summer...

Today's The Wall Street Journal has a comparison of Apple Car Play with Android Auto. Apple CarPlay Review: Siri’s Finally on the Right Road - WSJ According to this, "Despite being announced by Apple nearly two years ago, car makers are only finally rolling it out. Chevrolet will include it...

Battery heating is a side effect of battery charging. Therefore, another way to heat the battery when the car is fully charged is to increase the charging limit. For example, if the limit is normally set to 80%, increase it temporarily to 90%. This will start the charging and the battery...

The Tesla app in my smartphone has not been able to consistently communicate with my car. Sometimes, it just won't connect, so I can't heat up either the passenger compartment or the battery in advance of driving. With the temperatures dropping lately to single digits (F) where I live (in...

I too am having problems with the app connecting/controlling the car. On some days, the app connects to the car within seconds. On other days, the circle in the middle of the screen just keeps going round'n'round. Occasionally. it gives a message about waking the car but the waking is not...

Chad, your original post in this thread is great..., THANK YOU, but, as Larry Chanin's question indicates, it could be even better if you labeled the graph and the tables. The first time I looked at the graph, it took me too a while to figure out what the green shaded area meant. It also took...

Well, if you consider New Jersey as nearby...when I picked up my Tesla in May 2014, I was told that there were 600 Teslas in NJ.

I went to the opening of the Paramus Tesla facility on Rt. 17 a few days ago. I asked a Tesla guy there if there are plans to add a Supercharger in South Jersey. He said that the next one will probably be in the Princeton area. It wasn't clear if he knew or if he was speculating. Princeton...

In case you are still looking for a Supercharger in Richmond, there is one just outside the city: 9950 Brook Rd., Glen Allen, VA. There are 8 Superchargers there, inside a shopping center, with lots of stores (like a Barnes & Noble) and eating places (like a Panera) within walking distance.

I have a recent vintage Model S, delivered at end of May 2014. My rear passengers have complained about the lack of heat in the back. I was unable to get hot air to blow from the rear vents, not even when I set the temperature to 80 deg. (I have an appointment with Tesla Service in early...

I had the same problem with my New Jersey EZ Pass. Finally, I called EZ Pass and the person I spoke to told me that they have a list of cars with which the internal EZ Pass doesn't work. Although the Tesla is not yet on the list, she suggested that I order an external transponder. I did and...

Typo in URL > We've integrated chargers in EVTripPlanner in version 2.1 (http://evtripplanner/planner). The URL is missing the ".com" It should be: http://EVTripPlanner.com/planner

According to the Sep 24 NY Times Business Section, p. B7, "The Wrecking Ball Targets a Former Army Base," "...an electric vehicle charging facility will replace a conventional gas station." (No, it does not say what kind; no mention of Tesla or any other brand.)

I’m planning a trip from my home in New Jersey to Richmond, VA. I thought I had read somewhere that Google Maps can be used to plan a trip such that the locations of Superchargers are shown along the way. So, I tried to plan the trip, on my desktop PC, by entering into Google Maps: ·...