Recent content by l.10.i

Iron Maiden - Gates of Tomorrow

Ha! I was wondering if that was still an ongoing practice... Well, took delivery of my Model S in Switzerland last month: Nada, except for a glass of water. Not even the red ribbon! Meh... Don't need swag love my Model S! (but that would have been a nice touch)

:D Well that a very good question indeed! I was pretty sure the pack was not at all used when the car is powered off. But maybe that changed along the hardware revisions. I read somewhere that the new 100kWh battery pack has this capability, implying that other didn't...

Well, I currently don't have either the car or the camera. So that will pretty much only be theory (with approximations). The answer should be: "Negligible, but..." Negligible because, if you are just using the camera plugged into the 12V adapter plug and asking what real world range impact...

Yes! Of course, MyTesla is showing wrong info for Switzerland orders it seems. But that should be pretty much obvious from regularly checking the order status. I ordered my S 90D on dec 23rd, confirmed on 28th, got the VIN on 29th and on same day or maybe dec 30th MyTesla was already showing...

What could be very interesting is to pick a specific issue and follow the whole process to a successful repair Show it all! From the error reported by the car to the thought process and service manual search for identifying the faulty part, removing, repairing or sourcing a new one (how...

That's true. We need a 12k$ EV or a load of 20k$ EV leases ending to appeal to the masses. Not mentioning charging networks growth. I was asking myself the other day if we should still consider ourselves as early adopters. Guess the answer is yes...

Bingo! I haven't even taken delivery of mine and feel already the same. Each time I see, hear and smell one of those clunkin'-smokin'-dinosaur(*)-burning charriot passing by, I feel we are all stuck in a dystopian past. We might very well be indeed! And buying an EV today is the best way to...

There is plenty of threads and posts about the wonders of Xpel, Opticoat et likes. Numerous reports of gravel hitting leaving no marks, bugs splattered and scratches wiped off or thermo healed. But so few images of actual damage that could have been avoided for sure by applying either a film or...

Hi, wow great! I'll follow you via feedbin and your blog's RSS feeds. Been 2x times in Japan but never drove there. Will be interesting to see how a road trip goes. Are you planning to publish some videos?

That is actually very helpful! Can we all agree to call seats by generation number from now on? P.S. Not to Hijack the thread, but my Model S should have Gen 4 white perforated seats. Will the back seats fold (really) flat?

Wait, I think it's big stretch to think that the new HUD technology (Tesla Glass?) rumored to be demoed in Model 3 part 3 reveal would be introduced in the Model S or X before any new major revision. Certainly not just after part 3.

For reference, this new year's (2017) energy efficiency labels are as follow: Model – Weight [kg] – Energy consumption – eff.-cat. – CO2 [g/km] TESLA MODEL S 60 – 2074 – 18.1 kWh/100km – – 0 TESLA MODEL S 75 – 2188 – 18.5 kWh/100km – – 0 TESLA MODEL S...

Um, good news I guess. I just found out there are new classifications for 2017. If you do a search here (Bundesamt für Energie BFE -Fahrzeugliste) with only "Tesla" as the brand you get a current list of all models with their respective classifications. On this list, only the Model X P100D is B...