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The key is that Tesla didn't announce what was going on with Highland. There is a big difference between rumors and an announcement by the vendor. There are already rumors about the iPhone 16 (nine months before expected announcement), for example. But until the specific features are...

Back in the 1980's there was an entrepreneur named Adam Osborne. He released a portable computer called the Osborne 1. It was large and heavy, but it was the only game in town and had decent sales. The Osborne started talking about more advanced computers that were still six months to a year...

Good location. Just off Interstate 90 coming into or going out of the city. Right behind a GetGo, so it will be a good place for bathroom and snacks. It nicely fills in the gap between the Sheffield and Willowick superchargers.

My understanding is that pressing the Bio button causes the car to use positive cabin pressure. That is, it will pull enough air through the HEPA filter that there will be no "leaking" of outside air into the cabin through door and window seals. This should keep out things like smoke, diesel...

From the Q3 Shareholders deck (According to Teslarati) - “For very heavy vehicles, a high voltage powertrain architecture brings notable cost savings, which is why Cybertruck will adopt an 800-volt architecture.” But no word on any of the other models.

A couple of thoughts. First, there's always the "do nothing" solution - that is, charge your car off the existing 110v circuit. Suppose your commute to work is 30 miles (15 miles each way). A 110v charge will give you 4 to 5 miles of range for each hour it is plugged in. From 7:00pm to...

Along with the new Supercharger in New Philadelphia the Akron charger will plug the hole on I-77 between Cambridge and Cleveland. Between North Carolina and Cleveland it looks like there will be a Supercharger every 50 miles.

Excellent design for those of us who pull trailers.

I'm just wondering about emergency evacuations (hurricanes, etc.). Normally, charging slows down as the battery SOC increases. Is this because of temperature issues or is it to protect the battery? The reason I'm asking is that in case of emergency evacuations could Tesla do an emergency...

Stopped at both the Eastbound and Westbound locations. Eastbound all stalls were working (as far as I could tell - certainly mine was). Westbound the map said only 2 stalls were available, although there was no way to tell which ones were working and which ones were not. The stall I used was...

Even more important, the Supercharging location is right across the side street from a McDonalds (since I suspect there isn't going to be much in the way of food at the SureStay Hotel). Walk across the main road and there is a Wendy's. There is also a Denny's and Taco Bell within easy walking...

This charger and the one planned for Seville plug an important gap on I-71 between Columbus and Cleveland. I occasionally pull trailers with my Model Y and I have to keep my speed very low because of the distance between my house and the Mt Gilead charger. These new chargers will take the...

The short answer is that yes, you can. When I took delivery of my MPLR, my electrician was backed up (and just left on vacation). So for a month 15A was all I had. I could get about 60 miles of range on an overnight charge, and I would rarely drive more than 60 miles in each day. No...

Winter weather in Cleveland - Good news, they use so much salt that the roads are usually in really good shape. Bad news - they use so much salt that my blue Model Y frequently looks like a white Model Y. Because of this, I find I may have to wash the car twice a week. I use a touchless car...

That doesn't quite match up with my experience. This Tuesday I put on 200 miles at 19 degrees F. At an average speed of 70 mph I was using 330 Wh/mi, which would work out to about a 220 mile range (assuming using 70kWH of power). What I did find is that if I had plenty of range and my...