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    2021 model vs. old one, thoughts after couple hundred miles

    Completely agree. My 2019 M3P is not perfect, but it rattles less than my previous three Mercedes despite the firm ride and lack of air suspension.
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    2021 model vs. old one, thoughts after couple hundred miles

    It uses power, but shouldn’t anywhere near “empty” the battery - and with the heat pump it will use 3-5x less battery power for cabin heating,.
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    2021 model vs. old one, thoughts after couple hundred miles

    Don’t you just love autocorrect? Yeah, it’s “octovalve”
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    2021 model vs. old one, thoughts after couple hundred miles

    The ability of the heat pump to warm the cabin is not dependent on the battery being warm enough. Just like a fridge can cool down from ambient by pumpin* the heat from the fridge into the room, the heat pump can pump heat from the environment into the cabin, cooling down the environment to do...
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    Blog Report: Million-Mile Model 3 Planned for China Production

    Mr Fusion had his day and failed to turn up to the party. Renewables and distributed grid level storage with V2G is the future. That’s why the “million mile” battery is important... not to drive a million miles.

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