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    My road trip experience and why the future of EV's depends on it getting better

    Even if future batteries have the taper, with a big enough battery, you can afford to charge the battery in a way that avoids the taper and still have plenty of range. Let's assume a 500 mile battery where the taper kicks in at 80% SOC like it does today. That means the taper kicks in at 400...
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    My road trip experience and why the future of EV's depends on it getting better

    What the OP is missing is how batteries will change between now and when EV's are truly mass-market. I got my S in Dec 2012 - I think that qualifies me as a Model S early adopter. I've done day trips without count, a 10-day >1200 mile roadtrip to SoCal and will be doing a 10-day road trip soon...
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    What Did 2012 MS Buyers Know About SC's and DCQC?

    When I reserved, the SC's were mentioned but still a pretty decent unknown. I did the math though and figured that an S85 would make an awesome Bay Area day-tripping car. The second car was going to be an ICE so going with the S seemed like a reasonable bet.
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    SuperCharging starts to feel slow

    I've done the SF to LA run and I think Cottonwood nailed it. The chargers along that route (I-5) are spaced about 110 miles apart. Spacing the superchargers 250km apart makes it possible to get from one charger to another without a completely full charge. But if you put another supercharger...
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    Five days at the airport (vampire loss)

    It should. Earlier S software was always connected and the computers were always on. I lost 10 miles a day leaving the S at the airport. After the "deep sleep" feature was released, that figure dropped to a few miles per day. I don't remember the precise number but it was low enough that I...
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    Free Speech and Climate Change Skeptics & Deniers

    People also need to think about this from a risk management point of view. On the one side, the science isn't 100% accurate. It probably won't even be 95% accurate for decades if not longer. Climate and weather is complex stuff. But if we screw up our climate, we don't get do-overs and...
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    Non Cold weather package people in cold climates.. any tricks to prevent wiper ice?

    +1 on alcohol and rubber not getting along well. Find windshield washer fluid concentrate instead. Pour some into the fluid already in your reservoir. That will increase the % of wiper fluid chemicals in the mixture which will make what's in the reservoir more resistant to freezing.
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    California: Recommended installer - SF Bay Area?

    Ditto San Jose area? I'm in the South Bay and Walnut Creek is a long way to go for a camera install.
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    Rented 85kw for 3 days during Super Bowl.. Opting NOT to buy

    Sounds to me like the "daily range" on the charge limit slider - which I think is 60-90%, btw. I personally charge to 80% but that's because that gives me 200 miles of range in the morning - equivalent to 1/2 a tank of gas. I never drive more than 1/3 a tank of gas per day unless I road-trip...
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    Superchargers in Northern California (location speculation)

    And Google also has a boatload of free Chargepoint stations for employee use (only). It might make sense to eventually put an SC in right off 280 and/or 101 between Gilroy and the Petaluma/Vacavile/Napa chargers. And one up in the Oakland/Berkeley area. But I wouldn't worry about putting one...
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    "Performance" Hybrid to non-P Model S experience

    On the performance front, you really should drive at least an S85. The S85 moves more like a Ferrari. Usable power is much better on the S85 than on my old '03 model BMW 330i (high-end engine, not base model). If you want even more space then the S60/85, you need to wait for the Model X...
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    Elon Musk tweets software upgrade will increase P85D range

    Anyone who buys the first of anything should expect bugs. Just be glad the bugs are in the software and can be fixed by OTA updates. One big thing about software - you don't know when it'll be done until it's actually done. And most of Tesla's features are either software-based or have a...
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    A Few Comments on Safety for New Tesla Owners

    +1 to Todd and this thread. I have to second taking some kind of Car Control clinic class if you haven't had one already or spent time on a track. Highly recommend if you're getting a S or P and haven't spent years driving high performance cars because the instant torque of the S is an upgrade...
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    Space Solar Power -- How Much More Power Can Be Collected?

    The other problem is how are you going to get the power down to earth? What are the efficiency losses? And how hard is it to turn the power transmissions mechanism (and therefore the solar energy collector satellite) into a space-to-ground weapon? I think I prefer my solar panels on the...
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    Input requested: Bonnie's Top Ten List / EV Urban Legends

    Heard this one today: "Tesla is 30% subsidized."