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While planning my day for the supercharging.life “contest”, I would like to add the next several stations into my route. I’ve found that adding more than two stations and even sometimes when adding the 2nd station to the route where you don’t need to charge confuses the navigation software and...

In Lima, MT, at the v2 Supercharger site located there, Tesla had mounted an extra box on top of all of the Supercharger cabinets. They each had a large (several inch) diameter conduit running from the box down close to the base of the Supercharger cabinet. I don't remember ever seeing these...

My May 2018 Model 3 (VIN in 22,xxx range) has been stubborn to close the driver’s door a couple times when I’ve gotten into the vehicle. Close the door, it immediately pops open not latching at all, try again and it pops open, cuss a little and then it closes. Over several months, it’s only...

https://electrek.co/2022/06/13/bill-eliminate-free-charging-electric-cars-north-carolina-poor-argument/ It doesn’t directly block the ability of a company to provide free charging, but adds a nuisance to it and also will also pay companies to remove their public charging stations.

Kansas legislature is trying to implement a double tax on EVs since we aren't paying for road maintenance through the excise tax on gasoline sales. In Kansas there is currently a 18.4 cent/gallon federal tax on gasoline and a 24.03 cent/gallon state tax on gasoline. Fuel taxes in the United...

I received this notice in an email from Evergy (electricity provider in Eastern KS and Western MO) overnight. It’s good to see Evergy doing a rebate like what has been offered elsewhere around the country! (of course, the devil will be in the details of the program…)

NoI went for a drive in the Atom yesterday. I was going somewhere I hadn’t been before, so drug out the Zumo 550 that I purchased in 2007. The Zumo series is designed for motorcycles (waterproof, large buttons in the UI), so works good in the Atom. I even found a custom icon to load in the GPS...

Should a publicly available charging station that has donations requested to cover electricity costs be listed on PlugShare as "Payment Required" or not? I lean toward "not" since it not required, but simply requested. A google for "plug share donation requested" comes up with examples of both...

https://www.evergy.com/about-evergy/newsroom/2020/january/evergy-announces-plan-to-reduce-carbon-emissions Evergy, the electricity provider for eastern Kansas and western Missouri, announced their plan to reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent over the coming decades. My understanding is that...

I expect to be traveling through the DFW area in the near future traveling along I-35 coming from the South. I'd be driving through at about noon on either a Sunday or Monday depending upon the final travel plans. Does anyone have a suggested route to take through town to hit all 7 Supercharger...

My Model 3 developed a problem where the home charging was limited to 32 amps instead of the 40 amps I should have been getting on my OpenEVSE. This behavior also happened on other L2 chargers that I used, so it wasn’t a voltage issue at home. This required an all day job to change out the main...

While we wait for Tesla to put the station in somewhere in Emporia, this is interesting news. Electric car charging stations to be located along Kansas Turnpike These are listed on PlugShare as CCS/CHAdeMO/J-1772 at $0.14/kWh.

On a Mac using Safari 12.1.1 on the current version of macOS, I was unable to upload a couple .jpeg files using the "Upload an Image/File" button. I needed to rename the files from .jpeg to .jpg and then try the upload to get it to succeed. I'm guessing you do that to limit the type of...

Tesla opens Model 3 configurator across Europe with Feb 2019 delivery, 544km WLTP range I don’t see a thread here, so the discussion is possibly in a regional group. It’s good news on the Configurator opening up for people in Europe. This was a major step in the progression of Model 3...

i don’t particularly care for the Bluetooth integration on the Model 3 with my iPhone. Most of the audio that I’m trying to play from the phone is podcasts. So, I decided to try and flip podcast subscriptions from the iOS app to the Model 3 entertainment system directly. I’ve successfully...

i plan on taking my Model 3 to the Friday Night Cruise-In in Wichita tomorrow evening. If you’ve been waiting to see a Model 3 up close, stop by sometime between 6:30 and sunset. Friday Night Cruise-In Be sure to mention you’re from TMC as the secret handshake so I know you’re good people. :)

I shouldn't find humor in such things, but this headline got a chuckle out of me: Samsung retail outlet in Singapore catches fire ahead of Galaxy S8 launch

Drive any Cadillac, anytime, for $1,500 a month GM's new Book by Cadillac service sure is an interesting concept. Kind of a lease, kind of a rental, kind of ownership... Basically, you pay a flat fee of $1,500/mo and can always drive a brand new car, which can be any vehicle in the whole...

From AppleInsider, which explains the mention of Apple in the article summary quoted below: California approves limited testing of self-driving cars without wheels or backup drivers

Was looking through new articles posted on appleinsider.com this morning and came across Photos show Apple's newly relocated & revamped Brea Mall store [u]. The second image caught my eye: At first, it looked like there was a watermark in the image, but then it didn't make sense because it...

Sometimes when browsing the new TMC format, the banner controls (Mark Forums Read, Search Forums, Watched Forums, Watched Threads, New Posts, Wiki Posts) are not displayed. I think this is isolated to specific sections of the forum. The Model 3 main section is the primary place that I see this...

2006 Ariel Atom 2 - Low Miles, Extra Wheels, Car Cover Details: ? Ariel Atom 2 ? GM Ecotec 2.0l Engine, Supercharger, 5sp Manual Transmission ? No lavish description needed for the car more than what has been posted to countless videos on YouTube ? Titled and tagged for the street in...

A friend from work just bought a 2016 Mazda CX-5 two days ago. Taken that this information is at least two levels of indirection, yesterday, he said, "I need to hook the car up to my Wi-Fi at home so it can get software updates in the future." I replied that it was news to me that a vendor other...

Here's hoping that as more body shops gain experience with the aluminum body panels used on vehicle with the highest sales in the US, that repair costs for the Model S will drop as well...

On many posts about the doom-and-gloom of Net Metering run amok, there is talk of "grid stability" being an issue. I frequently see references to the grid frequency changing during times of over/under production. Why is that the case? How much does the frequency vary from true 60 Hz? I'm...

Today, I saw this video featured on the TED website. Got some chuckles out of it. Thomas Hellum: The worlds hilariously addictive | Talk Video | TED.com

http://www.mojomotors.com/blog/where-can-tesla-sell-cars/ I came across this on MyNissanLeaf.com and was shocked by all the "red" on the map. Is it really this bad for direct auto sales? I knew about the well-publicized states (TX, MI, IA, etc...), but hadn't heard that my state of Kansas was...

Just a PSA for everyone to keep those EV power cords tidy, really pay attention if you need to walk over one, and avoid what I've gone through over the last two months. On Memorial Day weekend, I parked the Leaf at home and did what I've done almost 1,000 times before in 10 months of ownership...

As a Leaf owner in the Wichita area, I've been talking to the trustees at my church about installing some L2 charging stations. The church is located right off the highway at the intersection of I-135 and US-400/US-54. The initial discussions centered around installing a pair of 208 Volt, 30 Amp...

Any thoughts on the recently aired documentary Pandora's Promise? Pandora I had intended to watch it, forgot to program the TiVo, got tuned in late, so I picked something else to watch, and then when the TiVo reported it was airing again, it was actually a couple episodes of Morgon Spurlock's...