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I think what you meant is "inductive" charging, which I am aware of (my toothbrush charges that way.) It is safer cause there is no chance of short circuiting, but the efficiency can only get up to 80% (maybe 90% best case.) I'm talking about a conductive charger (like the one you plug into the...

I wish they made some kind of device that you could install on your garage floor, and when you park over it, it would automatically connect a charger from below -- then you could park in your garage every night and not even think about it! Would be cool for supercharger stations too. You just...

Nice to see this channel of more reasonable analysis after spending way too much time defending Tesla against JP's latest attack. I believe that Tesla is out of the woods and pretty much a sure thing. Elon Musk has done it. He came up with a formula for how to make it work and then executed it...

That would be the second best choice, although surely it wouldn't be able to charge nearly as fast as an actual Tesla supercharger.

I wouldn't want to reverse engineer the protocol without Tesla's permission. That might even be impossible if they are using some sort of encryption, and of course they would know you are charging the car at a non Tesla charging station as I'm sure they track your every move with the car anyway...

Even if not feasible to build my own supercharger station, I'm still interested in it for a possible commercial venture -- waiting for Tesla to roll out stations in some areas (such as Atlanta and other parts of the Southeast appears like it will be quite a long painful wait over the next few...

I'm not overly concerned about the heat as I have covered parking at work, and garage parking at home.

Well, FWIW, I think this looks awesome! (multi-coat red with black leather interior, performance, from motorend car of the year photo set)

That just sounds like a simple flat tire- like a nail or something... why not just fill it up and then go to a local tire place and get the tire checked?

Thanks for the link. The pics do indeed look beautiful. I bet in real life it's even more stunning! I think I'm going with the red multi-coat :) :love: - - - Updated - - - What interior colors are you going with on the Red multi-coat? I think black leather is the ticket, with carbon fiber (or...

Tesla told me on the phone that the supercharger option requires extensive extra internal wiring, and that if the supercharger option is not ordered at the factory there will be no chance to add it on later. I am not an electrician or an electrical engineer, but I would think that without some...

Anyone have any idea what the red will actually look like? I saw on the factory video that Elon was consumed at one point that the red Model S color should have a depth and sparkle to it unlike anything else out there! But that video was made some time ago... Personally my favorite car color is...

Wouldn't it be cool if some large gas station, like QT or BP saw the light and made a deal with Tesla to put solar panels on the roof and a super charger at one of the pumps (similar to how their is usually just one diesel pump off to the side...) nationwide!? I wonder if Tesla is exploring...

Yeah that makes sense. I was just reading this article about it: Tesla Supercharger: An In-Depth Look - Motor Trend (nice article by the way.) The cable is extremely thick (which makes sense given the voltage and current involved...) So, even if I could access their technology, installing my...

One thing that has me scratching my head about charging is this: If the supercharger option costs $2000 on the 60kWh and is included on all 85 kWh batteries-- what's the point of spending another $2700 on the HPWC and twin chargers, which essentially amount to an inferior charging option...

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I'm also a software developer. I am personally interested in building apps for the Model S - I have several killer ideas. I asked both @elonmusk and @TeslaMotors on twitter about developing apps and (not surprisingly) got no answers (they probably only get about a million tweets a day after...

Yep found that too and been active there over the last few days. - - - Updated - - - Submitted a new marker for Atlanta on the map -- waiting for moderator approval... according to this: http://www.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/still-building-atlanta-facility The location of that Atlanta...

Come on! The 65kWh battery has to be lighter! (and the 40kWh battery lighter still.) Adding significant ballast to the smaller batteries screams ridiculous to any good engineer (which Tesla has in spades, starting with Elon!!) I understand the idea of not having to perform additional crash...

Just spoke to Tesla directly. They said that the child seat definately *can* be added on later, but it would cost more than if you order it up front because there is some additional wiring involved. That's good to know... - - - Updated - - - They also said as far as upgrading to a bigger...

Thanks! I am quickly finding my way and have already e-met (is that a term) a couple of them. It's nice to be part of a community like this.

@Sparrow Fantastic! Thanks for the comments.

Thanks very much for your answer. That is helpful. - - - Updated - - - update.. according to what was said on this video: http://www.tested.com/news/feature/451871-tested-test-drives-tesla-model-s-electric-car/ You won't be able to add the rear facing child seats later, it has to be done at...

I apologize in advance if this has been addressed before, but I'm new around here and haven't been able to find the answer with several targeted searches. I am thinking of calling Tesla to ask... Does anyone know if you get the 40kwh or 60kwh battery that at some point in the future you could...

Hey congrats Sparrow! I saw the photo. That is just awesome! That's pretty recent too. So how are you enjoying driving your model S around town?? Must be a great feeling.

I just became aware of the facebook group and I will definately be joining it. I am looking for a sighting of a Model-S every day on GA-400 and haven't seen one yet (although a dozen cars in Atlanta is practically nothing so that's not surprising.) Still can't wait to see one though-- have you...

Hi, I'm a new model S reservation holder (P13602) in Alpharetta. I reserved mine maybe a week before the 2013 motor trend award came out. I didn't think I would have to commit till maybe mid to late 2013, but since the new price increase, it appears Tesla is going to try and lock me in by end...

Hi, I am a recently new model S reservation holder in GA , just added myself to the map, P13602 at latitude longitude 34.069054,-84.234901. I am both excited and nervous about my reservation. I would really like to get into contact with some other reservation holders near me. I see that there...