Recent content by ZenRockGarden

Treat the car like an iPhone. Set it to percent-full. use as needed. Charge when low. Don't let it set dead. Don't overcharge it for days on end. The end

Back when I was driving a BMW M cars, my braking concerns were about out-braking the car behind me vs hitting anything in front - sometimes you actually don't want record-setting deceleration if there's some leeway in your situation

Thermal management stuff - you can also get clouds of steam under the right weather conditions

traffic jams typically extend your range - EV's are crazy efficient at 0mph to 25 mph stop-and-go work Use the navigation to your destination and you get pretty-darn accurate estimates of range-remaining-on-arrival which factor in weather, your driving style, traffic, elevation, etc. If the...

This is not really the best mindset for road tripping in a Tesla. Don't try to micro-manage your 100%-0% max range. Instead, look at your route, find a delightful charging station about half way along your travels, drive there at whatever pace you prefer, stop and charge from 20% to 90% in 30...

You appear to have gone down a medium sized hill during those particular 15 miles, leading to a very optimistic forward estimate

tell us you're not driving using the brake pedal?

Ambient and battery temperature are biggest factors (assuming you do a loop and are not including elevation change). Headwind, Rain and tire pressure are next on the list. But yes, if you drive like an EPA grandma at a steady 60 MPH (or less - the EPA actually averages a pathetic 45 mph) you...

Wait till he finds out that his gas gauge is also an estimate and when it says "empty" it's not actually empty it's got another gallon to go :)

Treat the car like an iPhone. Charge it when it's below 50%. Understand that the EPA tests drive like your grandmother in the slow lane on the highway at 72 degrees on a sunny day. Relax, enjoy the glide as you roll past the $4.00 gasoline stations

Leaf's are charming little around-the-city cars. Range and battery health are iffy, but the warranty is good. I wouldn't pay $40k for one new with a Model 3 SR near to the same price. But I did grab a 4 year old one for my daughter for $15k, and then the assorted EV rebates... at that price...

I agree - claiming that charging without preconditioning causes damage is a huge reach. What IS clear is a trade off in charging time. Basically you're giving up some stored KWh's to be in a condition where filling up will go faster. This means shorter stops - especially charging in the 0-50%...

From a parts-diversity standpoint, getting Juniper rolling is a win for Tesla since it would likely re-use a fair number of items from the now-shipping Highland-3. I suspect the design side of Juniper is straight forward and the timing will line up with sunsetting suppliers on the old pieces...

I still boggle at how many of their fleet of Teslas they could manage to crash. At worst you would take a total loss, for which you'd typically be paid by the driver's insurance. This just doesn't seem to pencil out as a horrific cost vs the very clear depreciation they experienced by buying a...

Unless Hertz crashed more than half their entire fleet of Teslas, the dominant factor here has simply got to be the depreciation as they bought at peak-EV-prices, drove the fleet hard to 100k miles and are now unloading them at low-tide for pricing cycle