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  1. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    I took my Plaid in for the HV battery replacement on a Monday and got it back on Thursday. The app had communicated that it would be completed by EOD Wednesday and it was. This was the only service I required. I was told by the SA that they wanted to allow extra time since this was the first...
  2. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    I love my Model 3 Performance also. But my Plaid is better in so many dimensions. The suspension is much smoother without that resulting in more body roll. The handling is at least as good and possibly better, which is amazing given that the Plaid is a bigger car. It is so much quieter in the...
  3. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    I never got an error message from the BMS. My symptoms were that the battery capacity was reduced and it would charge past the charge limit I set. My replacement pack is expected to arrive at the SC by Thursday.
  4. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    I got a call from my service advisor at the Tesla Santa Clara CA service center this morning. After a recent discussion with engineering they are going to replace the battery in my Plaid. The order has been placed and when the pack arrives it can be replaced in a short enough timespan that I can...
  5. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    It might be an issue related to how the firmware goes about balancing a cell that is out of spec. In that case only those who had that situation would be affected by the bad code. My service invoice specifically said that it was not a hardware problem. I know that the service tech ran battery...
  6. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    Have any of the three of you taken your cars to the service center? Is Tesla aware that I am not the only one with this issue?
  7. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    My battery imbalance issue has reoccurred. Yesterday I arrived home with the battery at around 40%. I plugged in and set the charge to complete by 6:30 AM @90%. At 5:12 AM the app reported charging complete and the battery at 89%. When I got in the car at 7:30 AM the SOC showed 100%. Switching...
  8. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    With 9 years of ownership experience I have a different attitude about Tesla Service. I trust them to fix whatever problems I encounter. Most times it is on the first try, but not always. I also have found the service people that I have been able to speak with to be quite competent. The biggest...
  9. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    I posted it at 9:14 pm last night - 344 miles. But the issue has reoccurred. I will post details and what I heard back from the SC soon.
  10. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    To those of you who are kvetching about trim pieces that are 1/4" out of alignment I have a suggestion: Go drive your new Model S/Plaid. Hard. Take your favorite freeway exit faster than you were ever able to do in your previous cars. Wow, there wasn't even any tire squeal. Hopefully that will...
  11. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    My Plaid is back. Shiny and sporting a new badge. 100% charge limit is showing 344 miles, 4 less than nominal.
  12. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    I can tell you tomorrow when I get the car back from the detail shop
  13. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    The car has been at a detail shop getting PPF and ceramic coat since the day I got it back from service. I pick it up tomorrow. You can't change the range display from % to miles remotely, only when in the car. BTW, most people would allow a fellow forum member more than 52 minutes to respond...
  14. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    I suggest you insist that Tesla take the car into the Service Center. That will allow them to do detailed diagnosis and get engineering involved if the service personnel cannot resolve the problem. That's what happened with my car that exhibited similar symptoms (although not necessarily the...
  15. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    The tech reported seeing some CAC (Calculated Amp-hour Capacity) imbalance. He somehow determined it was not hardware related. I don't know what technique he used to get the pack to "balance itself out" but that appeared to do the trick. Of course I have no idea why the battery was delivered in...
  16. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    I picked up the car yesterday. Here is what was in the invoice about my battery issues: "Verified customer concern charged the vehicle for 12 hours set limit to 81%. After 12 hours vehicle charged to 92%. Performed diagnosis and communicated with region for further diagnosis. Seeing some CAC...
  17. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    Likely less time than it took Tesla to enable head rear seats in early Model 3's.
  18. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    What is happening with your car? Same symptoms continuing? Did you get the opportunity to speak with Tesla?
  19. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    I got a message from service late today saying that my repair was complete. However since it was completed after hours Tesla will need to do a final quality check on Monday morning before releasing the car to me. Since the repair is not technically complete there is no way for me to see the...
  20. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    I pinged my Service Advisor for status. She said "We are still working on the diagnosis at this time and working side by side with our engineering team". I'm glad to see they have the attention of engineering.
  21. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    Have you reported the two issues with your battery to Tesla? It would be good for them to know that mine is not an isolated problem.
  22. dennis

    2021+ Model S and Model S Plaid Refresh Issues Thread

    I encountered exactly the same problem in my new Plaid. I drove 167 miles. The Trips indicated 61 kWh used and 361 wh/mi, which was consistent with the way I was driving based on my P85D experience. However the battery dropped from 97% SOC to 12% SOC! That calculates out to a battery capacity of...
  23. dennis

    Wiki Teslike Model Y Survey & Order Tracker Spreadsheet

    You are not accounting for the fact that some portion of those 64,371 AWD/P Model 3's went to China and the rest of Asia. That production will be offloaded to Giga Shanghai, as will the production of all Model Y's for that region. For 2020 the 500K 3+Y capacity in Fremont is nominally 350K...
  24. dennis

    Wiki Teslike Model Y Survey & Order Tracker Spreadsheet

    It's not the same factory. Tesla has had approval from the city of Fremont to almost double the 5.3M sq ft they inherited from NUMMI. Plus they have a lot more automation, including the two automated Storage and Retrieval Systems. Those have a small square footage footprint but are 12 bays high...
  25. dennis

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Tamberrino left Goldman Sachs two months ago. They haven't named a new auto analyst yet so there is no coverage on Tesla from GS.
  26. dennis

    Tesla Releases Q2 Safety Report, Adds Vehicle Fire Stats

    I'm very happy to see Tesla include the statistics on vehicle fires. It is one of the areas where the mainstream media has been misleading consumers that I raised in my question at the Annual Meeting last month.
  27. dennis

    Tesla Production & Profitability

    Don't be obtuse. While Tesla quarters have always been backloaded, Q1 was an aberration because Tesla was releasing Model 3 to international markets for the first time. There was the logistical issue of filling the pipeline exacerbated by delays due to labels that needed to be reworked (China)...
  28. dennis

    Tesla Production & Profitability

    Check out this post in the Investor's Roundtable thread: Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the 2019 Investors' Roundtable Global cumulative EV sales data was just published on the EV-salesblog: YTD April 2019: Tesla: 87k / Model 3: 70k / Model S&X: 17k YTD March 2019 was: Tesla: 63k / Model...
  29. dennis

    Tesla Production & Profitability

    If you listened to the Q1 conference call it is much easier to understand the intent of Musk's email. When questioned by analysts about the need to raise money he commented that by not raising capital in the past year+ it forced Tesla to develop financial discipline and capex efficiency. Now...
  30. dennis

    Electrify America Fast Chargers - Huh?

    I guess you and I have different definitions of "well covered". Here's the coverage comparison between live EA sites and Tesla Supercharger locations: CT - 2 vs. 9 NH - 0 vs. 4 NJ - 0 vs. 14 NY - 2 vs. 31 MA - 3 vs. 13 ME - 0 vs. 4 PA - 4 vs. 18 RI - 1 vs. 1 VT - 0 vs. 3 Total 12 vs. 97. If...
  31. dennis

    Electrify America Fast Chargers - Huh?

    It is important to not just count sites but also look at how they are deployed. What you can see now from the PlugShare map is that live EA locations are mostly concentrated in the areas where there are fewer EV's purchased (South and Midwest) and sparse where there are a lot of EV's purchased...
  32. dennis

    CCS for Model 3 in North America

    Not so fast. Here is the current status of the Electrify America network, from their Locate a Charger page and one of their latest press releases: There are now 156 EA DCFC locations live and 173 identified as Coming Soon for a total of 329 vs. a plan of 484 by July 2019, the end of their first...
  33. dennis

    Have you received your Model Y event invitation?

    Got mine at 11:06 pm PST. You have to provide your guest's email address and they will also need to RSVP.
  34. dennis

    Articles/megaposts by DaveT

    @DaveT I feel that you have overlooked a couple of key factors in Model S's declining demand that resulted in a number of logical leaps for other models that aren't warranted. 1) Take a look at carsalesbase.com for any luxury model's demand over a number of years, such as S Class or 7 Series...
  35. dennis

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    And here is how the e-tron 55 compares to its closest Audi stablement, the SQ5: tl;dr - etron is slower and almost $16,000 more expensive.
  36. dennis

    Supercharger - Los Gatos (expanded Jun 2021, 20 Urban stalls)

    Correction: The future expansion provision is 8 more Superchargers for a total of 20 once Tesla decides to complete it.
  37. dennis

    Supercharger - Los Gatos (expanded Jun 2021, 20 Urban stalls)

    Just to be clear the current configuration is 12 72kW Urban Superchargers and 4 J1772 Clippper Creeks. The Tesla contractors also completed all the trenching, conduits and concrete work for a future expansion of 6 additional Superchargers.
  38. dennis

    Supercharger - Los Gatos (expanded Jun 2021, 20 Urban stalls)

    Transformer was finally set on the pad yesterday.
  39. dennis

    TSLA Market Action: 2018 Investor Roundtable

    It varies by market. I am in Silicon Valley. I've observed the progression of who is buying Tesla's at my golf club. It started with the greenies and a few car guys who liked to new tech. Progressed to some of those who always have to have the latest greatest. Now I see people in none of those...
  40. dennis

    TSLA Market Action: 2018 Investor Roundtable

    In the "Crossing the Chasm" parlance those people are referred to as Late Majority. But at least we have moved from the Early Adopter phase to Early Majority with over 300K Tesla's delivered. In other words Tesla has successfully Crossed the Chasm.
  41. dennis

    Bay Area Model 3 Performance Test Drives?

    Ditto for Sunnyvale and Santana Row
  42. dennis

    General Discussion: 2018 Investor Roundtable

    I recently finished reading The Everything Store – Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon.” I didn’t know much about the history of Amazon so it was quite enlightening. While looking back it is easy to assume that Amazon’s great success was a foregone conclusion, nothing could be farther from the...
  43. dennis

    Supercharger - Los Gatos (expanded Jun 2021, 20 Urban stalls)

    Went by this afternoon. Most of the wires had been pulled through the conduits to the chargers. A couple of days ago a worker said they expected to finish on Monday. I saw 12 superchargers and 2 Clipper Creek J1772's, divided over two sections. But there is also a third section with conduits...
  44. dennis

    Supercharger - Los Gatos (expanded Jun 2021, 20 Urban stalls)

    Also of note: The tunnels for the railroad through the Santa Cruz Mountains were dynamited during WWII out of fear that invading Japanese could use them for hideouts.
  45. dennis

    Found a LOT of Model 3's in a Tesla lot - Pictures inside

    @augkuo Is that the lot at 48400 Fremont Blvd?
  46. dennis

    Found a LOT of Model 3's in a Tesla lot - Pictures inside

    Can anyone swing by the parking lot at 48400 Fremont Blvd? I am out of town this week or I would do it myself. I am interested if that lot has also emptied. If so then it is just overflow for the Fremont Delivery Hub down the street. Otherwise it might be a staging area for cars needing QC rework.
  47. dennis

    Found a LOT of Model 3's in a Tesla lot - Pictures inside

    The Dodge Ram with the 5th wheel trailer takes cars to the Fremont Delivery Center about a mile away from the factory. I believe all Bay Area deliveries now take place at the FDC, rather than at the stores like they used to. I know Sunnyvale no longer does deliveries and I saw a Dublin Tesla...
  48. dennis

    First quarter 2018 deliveries

    Are you aware of the crowd sourced Order and Delivery spreadsheets for S and X? Look at the Model S one for 4Q17. You'll see that all of the vehicles with production start dates in December had VINs in the range of 2307XX-2331XX, all of which are above VIN 230211 that you link to above. There is...
  49. dennis

    Employee Source: Sell stock after Q1

    Insider information is deemed to be any material, non-public information. It doesn't matter if it comes from the CEO or the janitor.
  50. dennis

    Jaguar I-Pace

    I put together the attached M3 LR/i-Pace/MX75D comparo based on publicly available specifications. The estimated US price for the i-Pace is based on the ratio of i-Pace to X75D pricing in the UK. Hopefully Jaguar will announce US pricing at the Geneva show next week. Feedback welcome.