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Still available? Would pick up today if it still is. PS: how does PMing work here?

As a potential grandfather (current Model S owner, Model 3 ordered), I'm not sure I would agree. Lets put this in perspective: power: at 333 Wh/mi => it costs ~3-4 cents per mile in juice tires: ~20KMi / $1200 => it costs ~6 cents per mile in tires insurance: ~12KMi / $400 => it costs ~3...

The problem with wireless charging is not so much in efficiency, but in how much energy leaks out. Even if we're charging at 10kW with ~90% efficiency rate, this means we're leaking ~1kW into the environment around the car. For comparison: a typical microwave oven uses 1-1.5kW of power...

Just got this reminder in the e-mail from PSE. The program is still running and according to the program rules and based on experience of forum members, any Tesla charger qualifies for $500 rebate (including the mobile charger that is the standard equipment with every Model S).

I think this is exactly the reason for the switch to Bluetooth LE. MX needs to know where the key is and how it is moving in order to open the door. If it has two or more receivers on each side, it can measure the difference in signal arrival time and approximate the angle of where it's...

Is it the original press release? "concern hall like sound".

It's not a BT limitation. Even if it was (which it isn't), the car could've had 2 (or more) BT chips/antennas/stacks and could've assigned different phones to different BT stacks. There's also NO problem to connect two different phones as phones (as opposed to connecting one as a phone and...

Just like marcad80 said: Music/turn-by-turn left, energy right; map top, music bottom. This is probably the most common config, I've seen it on my colleagues' cars too. Better question is: what will be there when 3rd party apps are enabled? My vote for music/turn-by-turn left, full status app...

That's also a feature of P85+. Or just a feature of my car. Or my wife. Can't tell for sure, but surely one of them. In all seriousness, I'm pretty sure most of our cars came with this package included (can't say no extra cost, but included).

2000 BMW ///M Roadster with 75K miles on. Sold it for $13K a week before getting my MS (didn't want to sell, but literally needed space in the garage) 2014 Model S 85 P+ (details below) $120.5K delta: $106.5K Would've never paid nearly that much, if not for what it represents and how it drives.

Don't know about CA, but here in WA, the EV's are levied $100 (soon to be $150) per year road use tax: New Washington State Budget raising EV tab fee from $100/yr to $150/yr to replace the lost gas tax revenue. While we can debate the fairness of the amount of tax, the fact that we're charged...

Would we get tax incentive for BEVs costing 35K or less only OR would we get tax incentive for the first 35K cost of any BEV? If it's former, then Tesla will need to get creative. If it's later, then there's nothing to worry about. Also, how "cost" or "price" is defined: is it the transaction...

Welcome, Cab! I'm also coming from BMW M's (but smaller ones than yours: E46 M Coupe and E37 Roadster), and we still own E70 diesel with custom sport suspension (but not the full M). We test-drove P85 and P85+ and settled on the "+", since the difference was substantial. The Plus has...

Stephen, what time do you leave on Monday? I have Monday 10:30AM slot, but at that time I will be half-way home in Washington State (have events planned for the evening on Monday). I would love to trade our slot (2 people) with you.

We (Mrs. romp and I) are leaving on Thursday late PM. Will spend the night in central or south Oregon (yet to book the place), expecting to be at TMC on Friday early PM, hoping for the factory tour time slot to be available on Friday PM. We would also love to meet up with other TMC goers. In...