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Is there usually a deductable on liability coverage? I think I've only ever had it on collision and comprehensive.
I tested my early-ish 2.0 non-Sport (#670) last night. It does the same thing as markwj: It won't resume when it's under 30mph, but it does...
It sounds pretty comparable to the UK. We always get some days below freezing, but usually it gets above in the daytime. Sometimes it snows,...
For me, it varies with the season. In the summer (in Seattle where it doesn't seem to get very hot anymore) the range is right on, or even a...
2500 Wh/kg divided by 100W/kg is 25h -- That is the minimum discharge or charge time for a cell is more than a day. That sounds bad, until you...
You're missing an important figure here: the outside temperature. For a heat pump (either cooling or heating) the efficiency depends on the ratio...
If people buy a plug-in Prius for this reason, they're pretty confused. The important thing isn't how long it takes to charge to a full battery,...
When did that happen, Dave? The last I heard the exemption was set to expire at the end of 2011. I may even convince my wife to get a Model S by...
I had problems getting my trunk to open properly, which turned out to be an easy fix. See this thread: Trunk opening problems
I don't have that, but here's a neat chart that shows the relative abundance of elements in the Earth's crust. One entertaining thing is that...
The Alternative Energy Fallacy | The Motley Fool You just can't make this stuff up, folks. Well, I guess the guy at the Motley Fool can.
I was at the same event as Rich, and I also have an early 2.0 non-sport. I did something very similar to him, except that I drove and charged in...
Well, at least the cows in California stay on the ground. Here in Washington state, they leap from cliffs to smash up vehicles. What are the...
Is that because of the squirrel-cage motor? :-)
My understanding was that the power limit was never the motor, it was the ESS (battery). My 2.0 non-sport regularly shows > 200 kW when I push...
I don't think balancing involves drawing charge from the wall, it's just moving it around internally. At least, I haven't noticed the charger...
I think there are two different things going on here. Letting the batteries sit at a high state of charge (i.e., full range mode) is bad for the...
I'm hoping they'll do this when the batteries from the oldest cars start to die, say around 2015. They'll either have to let the cars become...
I think that both things are true. I recently took my car in for its 24,000 mile service. Apparently, there was a problem with some $.01 rivets...
Nonprofits (all nonprofits, not just charities) need to publish their forms 990, essentially the nonprofit version of corporate income tax...
Stefan wrote to me and asked me to say that he never claimed to "break" OnStar. I was presenting my own interpretation. You should read his...
That's not necessarily true. There's been a tremendous amount of work about how to do secure communication over insecure channels. This is, for...
I live in Preston, WA about 3/4 of a mile from their address. Preston's tiny, and I had no idea that they were even here. It looks like they're...
And imagine all the fun Jeremy Clarkson could have with THAT! :-)
This is what I've really learned from having a Roadster: You're always behind a slow car.
I'm pretty sure that if you have the GSM turned on that Tesla can do this. Now, whether they would is a different question. I know that, at...
It's possible to do this. However, the key fob only has three buttons. One is lock, one unlock and the third "programmable," meaning either set...
This isn't due to gearing (or lack thereof), it's due to power limits in the battery/PEM. Basic physics says kinetic energy goes up with the...
I'm not sure about the other issues, but fans during charging is normal. Sometimes they're very loud. I think whether it happens depends on the...
Back on topic, I heard from a Tesla salesguy yesterday that there were 3 or 4 remaining US build slots, plus about 90 cars in inventory and then...
Not just Sig100. I have US #670, and I ordered the car and put down $10K without a test drive. When I placed my order, the Seattle store hadn't...
If I were buying used, the main thing I'd check is how the battery's doing. To do that, you'd see how many ideal miles it's getting on a full...
I for one will miss gas stations when they're gone. They have these incredibly handy window washers just sitting there for free!
I suspect that this is due to software cutting the torque at very low RPM, even with TC off rather than due to the gearing. I heard a rumor that...
I don't think that would be necessary. A regular (US) wall socket is 110V/15A, from which you're allowed to draw 12A continuously, or about...
The difference may be whether your VDS is set to display end user or debug messages. I have debug set, so I might be getting more detail.
It was harder to close, but it crept up on me slowly enough that it never really registered. It's pretty obvious now that it's fixed, though.
For a while it's been quite difficult to open and close the trunk on my Roadster. I commonly would have to hit the trunk release button multiple...