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Replaced my old Gen 1 HPWC with a new Gen 3 Wall Connector the other day. While charging, I get the normal stream of green lights, but when done I get this blinking blue rather than the steady green my old Gen 1 displayed. Nothing in the manual about a blinking blue... only a steady blue...

Okay, a while back I got chastised for using an ad blocker on this site. I get it... advertising supports the site so I turned it off. But this ad makes me chuckle every time it shows up:

Anyone else notice this... Firmware 49.12.1

I have noticed what I think are defects in the way that the HVAC controls have been re-configured in v9. I am not talking about the horrible UI with its hard to find controls, more clicks to get to things and such. That is a whole other conversation. I am talking about functionality. And, of...

There were gunshots at a Toronto shopping mall which was captured on video from someone in the Tesla store. I was impressed how staff there knew to seal the doors and move customers in the store to the back for their safety: Shaun Winston on Twitter

Can someone rationalize these two snippets from the Owners Manual? Why would a bike rack with a hitch weight over 120 lbs. cause "significant damage" whereas a trailer with a hitch load of 500 lbs. is okay? And for that matter, why would the trailer tongue weight rating be less if the car has...

Picked up my Model X 100D with the new Intel MCU right at the end of March. I have had 6 or 7 firmware updates in the 8 or so weeks I've had the car and several of the MCU bugs have been fixed, but two persist: My web browser (and the in-car Owners Manual) will not work unless I re-boot.The...

... been speculating this would happen for a while now: Tesla might let other companies use its Supercharger network

The Ontario EV Rebate program has been revamped and now extends to Hydrogen vehicles... and completely shuts Tesla out! Electric vehicles incentive program

Original Dark Blue Metallic finish with Tan Leather & Gloss Obeche Wood interior. 155,000 km Loaded with all factory options available at the time except 3rd Row Child Seat and 21” Wheels. Includes: · All Glass Panoramic Roof · Tech Package · Sound Studio Package ·...

I have noticed this over the years and wonder why the Trip Meter and Energy Display would show different Wh/mi values at exactly the same distance? Anyone know why? I would have assumed the car was measuring data for both displays from the same place :confused:

Had a loaner P100D-L the other day while my 2013 Model S was in the shop. I noticed the small green "Headlight On" indicator on the center dash was on all the time, even in the daytime. On my car it is off during the day when only the DRLs are running. The indicator would stay on even if I...

So I was following a friend in his Model X last night, and noticed something really strange with the tail lights. I came up behind him when he was making a left turn. The amber turn signal light was flashing, but the brake light was out on that side. I was actually about to call him to let him...

As we all know, the HPWC or UMC "wand" is supposed to stay locked to the car whenever the car is locked. In the morning, I had gotten used to doing the "Tesla Two Step" before removing my charge cable. (walk forward until the car senses my key and unlocks, then step back to the rear to unplug)...

Here's something new: I have Time of Use electricity rates where I live, so I use the charge timer on my car. In addition, my car seems to have a fairly high "vampire" drain, and the car will need to charge every day when left sitting (plugged in). The car will respect the timer setting for...

Question for all you early Model S adopters with A-pack batteries. Typically Sigs and very early Production cars... Do you ever hear your car's fans when Supercharging? I never do. I'm currently on a road trip where temps have been in the mid-90's and coming right off the freeway after several...

Wondering if anyone else has seen this. I have had perpetual moisture in my tail light for some time now. In the summer, it will evaporate out after a few days, but since the weather has turned colder, it persists. It seems to get in when it rains or when the car is washed, yet I can find no...

Planning a Christmas trip from the Toronto area to the Chicago area, but with Ann Arbor now open I'm considering the route across I-94. I use to go from Comber, Ontario to Angola, IN then across I-90. Also, I've only done these trips in summer. I'll have a full car, including my 87 year old...

I guess we'll see... Article here.

I've mentioned this in passing in several threads, but for some reason, I can never seem to match the Trip Planner prediction in the Tesla Energy app. I am always below the grey prediction line, and usually by quite a bit. Yesterday I had an approximately 25 mile trip to make after work and...

Please don't read too much into this... I just thought it was funny. Apparently, us Tesla "fanboys" are not quite as bad as the #2 Volkswagen GTI and #1 Jeep Wrangler fanboys! Top 10 Cars with Crazy Fanboy Followings

Thought this article might be of interest in the context of Elon Musk's assertions of EV getting "cleaner" over time.

Couple of photos of the Waterloo Charging Station opening this evening. Met a number of new owners in the Region along with some potential owners taking test drives. Tesla had three test drive vehicles giving test drives.

Currently on a road trip from the Toronto area to the Chicago area. Just as I arrived at my destination in the Chicago area yesterday, my 17" touchscreen became unresponsive to touch and there was an error message on the dash below the speedo that said something like "Touchscreen Error - Contact...

I notice that a lot of people posting pictures of their cars will mask their licence plate. Even Google will fuzz out plates on Street View. In contrast, people with personalized plates will proudly show it off in pictures and even here in forum avatars. Why is this? Licence plates are in plain...

Since I received the latest flavor of 6.1, my Tunein Favorites are no longer showing up. I would log in to my Tunein account on a PC and select favorites in various categories and then when I was logged in in the car, it would show up in the Tunein interface. Now it doesn't. I've tried logging...

Article suggests it might be a Model X fighter with a 300 mile range...

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Got a chuckle when I saw this in the paper today. Do you think it's a Roadster???

Going to mention this when I take my car in for it's "Annual", but wonder why this is: Whenever I used to drive at speeds above, say, 50 MPH, if I dropped my foot off the accelerator my re-gen would jump to the full 60 kW and stay there until the car slowed down to some point around (as I...

I too have had UMC problems. I think I'm on my third or fourth now. It started acting flaky a couple of weeks ago again. I would plug it in and get no action at all (ring would just stay white) or it would clunk white-blue-green-red a few times. I could get it to work by playing around a bit...

Here's a weird one: Stopped at a coffee shop on my way to work, and the car wouldn't go in to Park. I could shift it to Neutral, Drive or Reverse, but the Park button wouldn't do anything. I didn't want to leave it in neutral, so I played around a bit more and it finally DID go in to Park, but...

It's my own dumb fault, but man, backup sensors could have saved me some grief today. I was on my way to show the car at an environmental exhibit with an organization my company works with, and wanted to stop for a coffee on the way. I usually park far out in the lot, but today was in a hurry...

So I had my car in for service yesterday and as usual, the Tesla Service Center cleaned the car inside and out. I found this little surprise in the trunk. They vacuumed the Tesla logo into the carpet! Made me think of that latte art you see at some coffee houses.

Here's a Tesla event in Ontario about the man, not the car but interesting nonetheless...

Not that I'm particularly worried about it, but I was thinking that since I no longer have an ICE in the garage, a smoke detector may not be a bad idea. Aside from the car, there's probably lots of stuff to worry about catching fire out there. Problem is, all the ones I've looked at have a...

Had some weirdness with my 17" screen today. As I pulled into the garage and went to tap the battery icon to set up my charging, I noticed several icons were gone from the screen. The little icons on the climate control bar that show the fan speed, recirculate status etc. were just gone. When I...

This morning, when I logged on to the mobile app to pre-heat the car, I was shocked to find it was still charging and hadn't really gained any range since the day before. I had it scheduled to start charging at midnight which should have been plenty of time. It was about 20 F in my garage and I...

Just came across this article and am wondering what the implications (if any) are for Model S. The device is apparently being used to unlock car doors, but with so much of Model S being controlled by software I wonder what other threats exist.

Sorry if this has been asked and answered, but the closest I could find was a recognition that the HVAC will time out and shut off if it is turned on remotely via the app. Does anyone know exactly how long the HVAC will remain on if remotely set?

I think this has been somewhat discussed in other threads, but I wanted to post some observations specifically, and to seek advice as to whether this is something I should have Service look at. In all my past cars with Auto systems, I have found that setting the temperature at 72 degrees F kept...

Daytime Running Lights (DRLs) are compulsory in Canada and can't be over-ridden like they can on US models. I was quite involved in some of the discussions around DRLs back in the late 80's / early 90's when they became mandatory here, and there was quite a bit of controversy over their use...

This made me chuckle. I used the voice search and said "Play: The Bitch is Back by Elton John" What was returned on the touchscreen said: "The B**** is Back by Elton John" followed by "No results found" I backspaced over the asterisks using the keyboard and entered the letters, and it found...

First off, this is a dumb thing I did and don't recommend it. The other night on my way home from work, some guy in a heavily tricked out (and very noisy) 3-series obviously spotted me on the freeway and started pacing me and going back and forth. His windows were so dark, I couldn't see the...

This looks very cool... http://e-mazingrace.com/

Interesting. I e-mailed ONRoute about 3 weeks ago regarding charging infrastructure (not specifically Superchargers) and never hear back.

One of the things we do in my business (electric utility) to help customers understand units of electricity is to try and relate units back to common things that they may understand. For example, we may say that if "x" customers all change their light bulbs to CFL, it is the equivalent of taking...

I have noticed that the water from running the a/c seems to drain out somewhere just forward of the left rear wheel. When I first saw the puddle on my garage floor, I thought it must be some sort of battery coolant leak, but it was just water. This seems odd to me. Every other car I've had...

I've been charging my Model S at work (with permission of the company's President) since mid-March when I got the car, but am starting to hear through the grapevine of some disgruntled employees that aren't happy with this situation. "The company doesn't buy gas for my car" and comments about...

As some of you know, I am a Vice President at a Canadian electrical utility and one of our strategic goals is the promotion of electric vehicle adoption. Yesterday, we had our annual Shareholders’ Meeting which we conduct in a public forum and invite members of the community and the press. We...