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Labor, transport, disposal. They were paid to install the SuC. Probably nothing involving the old stuff.

Most residential neighborhood transformers max out well below what you need, though 2 years ago, we got solar and our transformer was due for replacement anyway. The power company came out and upgraded our 9.9 to a 15 before they'd allow us to power on.

if it's LR, it wasn't built in Austin

would be nice to get this expansion and maybe Lawrence before the holiday rush. MAYBE Lowell too...not sure if they're far enough along yet

I've seen some reputable "napkin math" from battery experts online, and it's rumored that the 4680 pack has a large buffer (~5kWh), so I'm confident they can bump it. Back in 2020, I had a Perf X that was a 100kWh pack, but JUST before they started calling it the Long Range pack. that revision...

Hi guys.....I took delivery of my AWD 4680 Y in May, and have over 12,000 miles on it. I live in Western Maine, so I have warm weather specs, and some early returns on winter. First: home charging. I've got a Clipper Creek hard-wired to a 50A breaker, output of 9.6kW. The car charges at 37mph...

There's enough charger density in this stretch where Lawrence can just be a "splash and dash" on road trips

It's really not that bad if you live somewhere with decent SuC density. Luckily I'm in the northeast. A 17m charge gives me roughly 3 hours of driving.

I have the 4680 Y (now a unicorn, apparently). I just want 100-110kW up to 50% SoC. I don't care about 250, because I know I have a smaller pack. Maybe when the superchargers are opened up, they'll tweak it so they can open up stalls for revenue-generators.

It's called "bird dogging". It's a tactic used in military towns where a soldier or sailor buys a car and then refers all his buddies to the same "stealership" that charges each of them 20%+ interest. The law was put in place as a consumer protection, and there's no carve out in the language...

I'm also in Maine. In the winter, make a mental note to occasionally use your foot to activate the mechanical brakes. Also, on the warmer days we get in between storms, not a bad idea to Rinse everything underneath including your brakes

The Toyota dealer in Topsham can do the little non-software stuff like brakes. I brought it to them for my tire rotation, because I know they have the correct lift point pucks

It will be a generational shift. The kids of people driving EVs now will be the ones to drive it home.... so to speak.

Good. Maybe the poor "vampires" who come out at midnight for that . 20/kWh rate won't lose as much sleep now. 😂

Not sure. Pretty likely. I've gotta drive through there today, so I'm glad I checked