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Question: Is there a better 12V bus I should tap into that gets more amps from the DC-DC converter than what is being sent to the battery (only a few amps it seems) Details: I'm interested in getting a decent amount of amps from my car while it's parked at home if I'm in a power emergency...

Some of you may remember that I tried this in my model S 90D some years back, and it wasn't possible without a supercharger stop in Manteca. Marc's Blog: cars - Driving from the South Bay Area to Kirkwood in a Tesla Model S 90D With the model 3 AWD LR (and obviously the RWD even more as long as...

I'm well aware that the hardware on APv2 is substantially better, but I've failed to find any information of whether APv2 currently has an AP that behaves functionally better than APv1. I have v1 and I've been waiting for v2 to be sufficiently better for me to consider upgrading (i.e. changing...

I know you don't get the full battery capacity for driving, some is kept for emergency reserve and some just not to run the batteries flat, which would damage them. I also know that Tesla apparent does not want to disclose what the usable Kwh for driving is, for our cars (if I'm wrong, please...

Existing instructions were for cars that didn't have a drain plug from the pano roof, so it took me longer than it should, but I documented the process here: Marc's Blog: cars - Installing a nose cam in a Tesla Model S, and routing the cable through the firewall

Tesla does not tell you how many kWh your pack has that are usable for driving. But it gives you a battery percentage meter and the number of kWh you allegedly used. Question #1: Is the kWh used value you can display on the center console, the actual amount that came out of the battery, or the...

I've seen some posts about driving to lake Tahoe, but that's easy :) The real hard one is Kirkwood, in the middle of nowhere on SR88 without any source of power if you're running short of course, and no cell phone reception for 45mn in either direction to call for help if you run your batteries...